CVE-2010-2941 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted IPP requests due to improper memory allocation in CUPS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-2941?
CVE-2010-2941 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Apple Cups, published on 5 Nov 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted IPP request.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2941?
It affects 13 products.
Linux distribution packages (24)
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-lpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-lpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-lpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-lpd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
cups-php Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 1:1.4.2-35.el6_0.1 |
Products include Apple Cups, Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2941?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2010-2941 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2941 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Cups
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2941, GHSA-pp56-6c5p-hfmv, RHSA-2010:0866.