Gentoo: GLSA-200712-14 High: CUPS Remote Code Execution Risk
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December 18, 2007
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CUPS, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-14
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 18, 2007
Bugs: #199195, #201042, #201570
ID: 200712-14
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CUPS, allowing for the
remote execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.
Background
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CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating
systems. The alternate pdftops filter is a CUPS filter used to convert
PDF files to the Postscript format via Poppler; the filter is installed
by default in Gentoo Linux.
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