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[DSA573] DSA-573-1 cupsys

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-573-1 cupsys

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows in xpdf, that are
also present in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, which can be
exploited remotely by a specially crafted PDF document.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.1.14-5woody10.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.1.20final+rc1-10.
We recommend that you upgrade your CUPS packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-573
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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