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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2875-1                   security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
March 12, 2014                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : cups-filtersCVE ID         : CVE-2013-6474 CVE-2013-6475 CVE-2013-6476

Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team discovered multiple
vulnerabilities in the pdftoopvp CUPS filter, which could result in the
execution of aribitrary code if a malformed PDF file is processed.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.18-2.1+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.47-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your cups-filters packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-2875-1: cups-filters security update

March 12, 2014
Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the pdftoopvp CUPS filter, which could result in the execution of aribitrary code if a ma...

Summary

Florian Weimer of the Red Hat Product Security Team discovered multiple
vulnerabilities in the pdftoopvp CUPS filter, which could result in the
execution of aribitrary code if a malformed PDF file is processed.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.18-2.1+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.47-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your cups-filters packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : cups-filtersCVE ID : CVE-2013-6474 CVE-2013-6475 CVE-2013-6476

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