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Debian DSA-3303-1: Critical Threat from Cups-Filters Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2015
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Debian Security Notice DSA-3304-1 highlights critical vulnerabilities in libjpeg-turbo which may result in remote code execution.
It was discovered that the texttopdf utility, part of cups-filters, was susceptible to multiple heap-based buffer overflows due to improper handling of print jobs with a specially ...
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.0.18-2.1+deb7u2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.61-5+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.0.71-1.

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: https://www.debian.org/security/



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