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Debian: DSA-1625-2 Critical: CUPS Security Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey August 1, 2008
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A vulnerability related to arbitrary code execution has been found in Debian's CUPS system due to buffer overflow issues in multiple filters. It's recommended to upgrade for better security
Buffer overflows in the HP-GL input filter allowed to possibly run arbitrary code through crafted HP-GL files.

Summary


Buffer overflows in the HP-GL input filter allowed to possibly run
arbitrary code through crafted HP-GL files.

CVE-2008-1373

Buffer overflow in the GIF filter allowed to possibly run arbitrary
code through crafted GIF files.

CVE-2008-1722

Integer overflows in the PNG filter allowed to possibly run arbitrary
code through crafted PNG files.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.2.7-4etch4 of package cupsys.

For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), these problems
have been fixed in version 1.3.7-2 of package cups.

We recommend that you upgrade your cupsys package.

Upgrade instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install cor...

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