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CUPS Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12921
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Release Date:
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2004-10-22
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Popularity:
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8,131 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | CUPS 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0888
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Description:
Chris Evans has reported some vulnerabilities in CUPS, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to some unspecified integer overflow errors.
Successful exploitation may potentially allow execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the print spooler, when a specially crafted PDF document is printed.
These vulnerabilities are related to:
SA12917
Solution:
The vulnerabilities have been fixed in version 1.1.22rc2.
http://www.cups.org/software.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
Chris Evans
Other References:
SA12917:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12917/
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