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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