GLSA 201510-08: cups-filters: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	cups-filters: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/31/2015
Bugs:	#553644, #553836
ID:	201510-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cups-filters, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

cups-filters is an OpenPrinting CUPS Filters.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-print/cups-filters	< 1.0.71	>= 1.0.71	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted print job using cups-filters, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

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-1.0.71"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201510-08.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.