High severity · published Jun 22, 2023
CVE-2023-34241
OpenPrinting CUPS is a standards-based, open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems
7.1
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenPrinting CUPS is a standards-based, open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to version 2.4.6, CUPS logs data of free memory to the logging service AFTER the connection has been closed, when it should have logged the data right before. This is a use-after-free bug that impacts the entire cupsd process.
The exact cause of this issue is the function `httpClose(con->http)` being called in `scheduler/client.c`. The problem is that httpClose always, provided its argument is not null, frees the pointer at the end of the call, only for cupsdLogClient to pass the pointer to httpGetHostname. This issue happens in function `cupsdAcceptClient` if LogLevel is warn or higher and in two scenarios: there is a double-lookup for the IP Address (HostNameLookups Double is set in `cupsd.conf`) which fails to resolve, or if CUPS is compiled with TCP wrappers and the connection is refused by rules from `/etc/hosts.allow` and `/etc/hosts.deny`.
Version 2.4.6 has a patch for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
before 11.7.9; 12.0.0 before 12.6.8; 13.0 before 13.5 · source: NVD
CU
Cups · Openprinting
2.2.0 before 2.4.6 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34241
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34241
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/23/10
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/26/1
Patch
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/9809947a959e18409dcf562a3466ef246cb90cb2
Release Notes
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.6
Exploit
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-qjgh-5hcq-5f25
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00038.html
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