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Debian DSA-645-1 : cupsys - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 16212

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the cups packages.

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.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-645

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16212

File Name: debian_DSA-645.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cupsys, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0064

DSA: 645