GLSA 201406-16: cups-filters: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	cups-filters: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/16/2014
Bugs:	#504474, #506518, #508844
ID:	201406-16

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cups-filters, worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

cups-filters is an OpenPrinting CUPS Filters.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-print/cups-filters	< 1.0.53	>= 1.0.53	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cups-filters. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for more details about the vulnerabilities.

Impact

A remote attacker(s) could possibly execute arbitrary code utilizing multiple attack vectors, or a local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted shared library.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All cups-filters users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-filters-1.0.53"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-16.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.