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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1677-1 (cupsys)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to cupsys announced via advisory DSA 1677-1.

Insight

Insight

An integer overflow has been discovered in the image validation code of cupsys, the Common UNIX Printing System. An attacker could trigger this bug by supplying a malicious graphic that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-4etch6. For testing distribution (lenny) this issue will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.8-1lenny4. We recommend that you upgrade your cupsys packages.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201677-1

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