Debian: DSA-3172-1: cups security update

Date 25 Feb 2015

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Peter De Wachter discovered that CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, did not correctly parse compressed raster files. By submitting a specially crafted raster file, a remote attacker could use this vulnerability to trigger a buffer overflow.


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3172-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                        Sebastien Delafond
February 25, 2015                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : cups
CVE ID         : CVE-2014-9679
Debian Bug     : 778387

Peter De Wachter discovered that CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing
System, did not correctly parse compressed raster files. By submitting
a specially crafted raster file, a remote attacker could use this
vulnerability to trigger a buffer overflow.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.3-5+deb7u5.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and unstable
distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.5-11.

We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.

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