Package : cupsys Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-1125 Debian Bug : 286988
An iDEFENSE security researcher discovered a buffer overflow in xpdf, the Portable Document Format (PDF) suite. Similar code is present in the PDF processing part of CUPS. A maliciously crafted PDF file could exploit this problem, leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.14-5woody11.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.22-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your cupsys 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 --------------------------------