Gentoo: GLSA-200804-23 High Severity: CUPS Denial of Service Risk
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April 19, 2008
A vulnerability in CUPS might allow for the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200804-23
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: CUPS: Integer overflow vulnerability
Date: April 18, 2008
Bugs: #217232
ID: 200804-23
Synopsis
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A vulnerability in CUPS might allow for the execution of arbitrary code
or a Denial of Service.
Background
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CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating
systems.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-print/cups < 1.2.12-r8 >= 1.2.12-r8
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Thomas Pollet reported a possible integer overflow vulnerability in the
PNG image handling in the file filter/image-png.c.
Impact
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A malicious user might be able ...
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