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CVE-2007-4351 Detail

Description

Off-by-one error in the ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in CUPS 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) textWithLanguage or (2) nameWithLanguage Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) tag, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/09/2007)

Vulnerable. This issue affected the CUPS packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue also affected the versions of CUPS packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4, but exploitation would only lead to a possible denial of service. Updates are available from https://rhn.redhat.com/cve/CVE-2007-4351.html

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27233 CVE, Flexera Software LLC Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27410 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27445 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27447 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27474 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27494 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27499 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27540 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27577 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27604 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/27712 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/advisories/30847 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-76/advisory/ CVE, Flexera Software LLC Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-16.xml CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.501902 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-476.htm CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a00809a1f11.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2561 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1407 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446897 CVE, Flexera Software LLC US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:204 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_58_cups.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1020.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1022.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1023.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26268 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018879 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3681 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1934/references CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=361661 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38190 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1875 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10604 CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/539-1/ CVE, Flexera Software LLC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00012.html CVE, Flexera Software LLC

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4351
NVD Published Date:
10/31/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Flexera Software LLC