critical
9.8
CWE
416 399
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2010-2941: Use After Free

First published: Mon Aug 16 2010(Updated: )

Emmanuel Bouillon reported a memory corruption flaw in CUPS daemon. A specially-crafted IPP request can cause daemon to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank Emmanuel Bouillon of NATO C3 Agency for reporting this issue.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
CUPS<=1.4.4
macOS Yosemite<10.5.8
macOS Yosemite>=10.6.0<=10.6.4
Apple Mac OS X Server<10.5.8
Apple Mac OS X Server>=10.6.0<=10.6.4
Fedoraproject Fedora=12
Fedoraproject Fedora=13
Fedoraproject Fedora=14
Ubuntu Linux=6.06
Ubuntu Linux=8.04
Ubuntu Linux=9.10
Ubuntu Linux=10.04
Ubuntu Linux=10.10
Debian GNU/Linux=5.0
openSUSE=11.1
openSUSE=11.2
openSUSE=11.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=10.0-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=11.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=11.0-sp1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=5.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=6.0
redhat enterprise Linux desktop=5.0
redhat enterprise Linux server=5.0
redhat enterprise Linux workstation=5.0
CUPS=1.1
CUPS=1.1.1
CUPS=1.1.2
CUPS=1.1.3
CUPS=1.1.4
CUPS=1.1.5
CUPS=1.1.5-1
CUPS=1.1.5-2
CUPS=1.1.6
CUPS=1.1.6-1
CUPS=1.1.6-2
CUPS=1.1.6-3
CUPS=1.1.7
CUPS=1.1.8
CUPS=1.1.9
CUPS=1.1.9-1
CUPS=1.1.10
CUPS=1.1.10-1
CUPS=1.1.11
CUPS=1.1.12
CUPS=1.1.13
CUPS=1.1.14
CUPS=1.1.15
CUPS=1.1.16
CUPS=1.1.17
CUPS=1.1.18
CUPS=1.1.19
CUPS=1.1.19-rc1
CUPS=1.1.19-rc2
CUPS=1.1.19-rc3
CUPS=1.1.19-rc4
CUPS=1.1.19-rc5
CUPS=1.1.20
CUPS=1.1.20-rc1
CUPS=1.1.20-rc2
CUPS=1.1.20-rc3
CUPS=1.1.20-rc4
CUPS=1.1.20-rc5
CUPS=1.1.20-rc6
CUPS=1.1.21
CUPS=1.1.21-rc1
CUPS=1.1.21-rc2
CUPS=1.1.22
CUPS=1.1.22-rc1
CUPS=1.1.22-rc2
CUPS=1.1.23
CUPS=1.1.23-rc1
CUPS=1.2-b1
CUPS=1.2-b2
CUPS=1.2-rc1
CUPS=1.2-rc2
CUPS=1.2-rc3
CUPS=1.2.0
CUPS=1.2.1
CUPS=1.2.2
CUPS=1.2.3
CUPS=1.2.4
CUPS=1.2.5
CUPS=1.2.6
CUPS=1.2.7
CUPS=1.2.8
CUPS=1.2.9
CUPS=1.2.10
CUPS=1.2.11
CUPS=1.2.12
CUPS=1.3-b1
CUPS=1.3-rc1
CUPS=1.3-rc2
CUPS=1.3.0
CUPS=1.3.1
CUPS=1.3.2
CUPS=1.3.3
CUPS=1.3.4
CUPS=1.3.5
CUPS=1.3.6
CUPS=1.3.7
CUPS=1.3.8
CUPS=1.3.9
CUPS=1.3.10
CUPS=1.3.11
CUPS=1.4-b1
CUPS=1.4-b2
CUPS=1.4-b3
CUPS=1.4-rc1
CUPS=1.4.0
CUPS=1.4.1
CUPS=1.4.2
CUPS=1.4.3

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2010-2941?

    CVE-2010-2941 has a CVSS base score of 7.5, indicating a high severity level due to its potential for remote code execution.

  • How do I fix CVE-2010-2941?

    To mitigate CVE-2010-2941, upgrade to a patched version of CUPS that addresses the memory corruption flaw.

  • What versions of CUPS are affected by CVE-2010-2941?

    CVE-2010-2941 affects multiple CUPS versions, including 1.1.20, 1.4-b1, 1.1.5-2, among others.

  • Can an attacker exploit CVE-2010-2941 remotely?

    Yes, an attacker can exploit CVE-2010-2941 remotely by sending a specially-crafted IPP request to the CUPS daemon.

  • What are the potential impacts of CVE-2010-2941?

    The impacts of CVE-2010-2941 include crashing the CUPS daemon and potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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