Secunia Security Advisory - Cisco has acknowledged a vulnerability in Wide Area Application Services (WAAS), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Cisco Wide Area Application Services CUPS IPP Tags Memory Corruption
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30847
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30847/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From local network
SOFTWARE:
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)
http://secunia.com/product/12541/
Cisco Wide Area File Services Software (WAFS)
http://secunia.com/product/12540/
DESCRIPTION:
Cisco has acknowledged a vulnerability in Wide Area Application
Services (WAAS), which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the use of vulnerable CUPS code.
For more information:
SA27233
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 4.0.19.14.
NOTE: Cisco Wide Area File Services (WAFS) is also affected.
SOLUTION:
Wide Area Application Services:
Update to version 4.0.19.14 or later.
Wide Area File Services:
WAFS has reached End-of-Life. The vendor recommends to migrate to
WAAS.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20080625-waas.shtml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27233:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27233/
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