Package : cupsys Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0064
iDEFENSE has reported 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, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.14-5woody12.
In the unstable distribution (sid) CUPSYS does not use its own xpdf variant anymore but uses xpdf-utils.
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 --------------------------------