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Gentoo: GLSA-200804-23 High Severity: CUPS Denial of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey April 19, 2008
Scroller Gentoo Esm H88
CUPS integer overflow warning for Gentoo Linux reveals a severe flaw allowing unauthorized code execution.
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 ======= A vulnerability in CUPS might allow for the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
Background ========= CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating systems.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-print/cups < 1.2.12-r8 >= 1.2.12-r8
========== Thomas Pollet reported a possible integer overflow vulnerability in the PNG image handling in the file filter/image-png.c.
Impact ===== A malicious user might be able ...

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