Package : cupsys Vulnerability : integer overflows Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0888
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.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------