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Gentoo: GLSA-200712-14 High: CUPS Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2007
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This advisory highlights vulnerabilities in CUPS that could lead to remote execution and DoS attacks. Users must upgrade promptly to safeguard systems against potential threats.
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

Synopsis ======= Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CUPS, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.
Background ========= 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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