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Gentoo update for cups Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29634  
Release Date: 2008-04-02

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x


CVE reference:CVE-2008-0047 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0053 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-0882 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2008-1373 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for cups. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA28994
SA29431

Solution:
Update to "net-print/cups-1.2.12-r7" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-01.xml

Other References:
SA28994:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28994/

SA29431:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29431/



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