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Gentoo: GLSA 200409-24 High: Foomatic Command Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey September 20, 2004
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The recent GLSA 202309-25 from Gentoo highlights a critical weakness that permits unauthorized command execution in system-config. Ensure immediate updates!
The foomatic-rip filter in foomatic-filters contains a vulnerability which may allow arbitrary command execution on the print server.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200409-24 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: Foomatic: Arbitrary command execution in foomatic-rip filter Date: September 20, 2004 Bugs: #64166 ID: 200409-24

Synopsis ======= The foomatic-rip filter in foomatic-filters contains a vulnerability which may allow arbitrary command execution on the print server.
Background ========= Foomatic is a system for connecting printer drivers with spooler systems such as CUPS and LPD. The foomatic-filters package contains wrapper scripts which are designed to be used with Foomatic.
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