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Gentoo GLSA-201406-16: cups-filters Remote Code Execution Threat Details

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The Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201406-16 highlights urgent vulnerabilities in cups-filters, critical for Linux printing, demanding immediate updates by users.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cups-filters, worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cups-filters. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for more details about the vulnerabilities.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All cups-filters users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-filters-1.0.53"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-6473 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6473 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-6474 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6474 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-6475 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6475 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-6476 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-6476 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-2707 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2707

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-16
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: cups-filters: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 16, 2014
Bugs: #504474, #506518, #508844
ID: 201406-16

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cups-filters, worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

cups-filters is an OpenPrinting CUPS Filters.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-print/cups-filters < 1.0.53 >= 1.0.53

Impact

===== A remote attacker(s) could possibly execute arbitrary code utilizing multiple attack vectors, or a local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted shared library.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.