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Debian Security Advisory DSA 573-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Martin Schulze
October 21st, 2004                       Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : cupsys
Vulnerability  : integer overflows
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2004-0888

Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows in xpdf, that are
also present in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, which can be
exploited remotely by a specially crafted PDF document.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.1.14-5woody10.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.1.20final+rc1-10.

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
--------------------------------

  Source archives:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      712 ae31959c46f48c5385b676f26a2e842d
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    40124 baba5be8d7564311a27cb81ce914e035
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  6150756 0dfa41f29fa73e7744903b2471d2ca2f

  Alpha architecture:

      
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      Size/MD5 checksum:    74422 d98680769dc77eb8e87d1340a8168abf
      
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      Size/MD5 checksum:   181022 8aede5734f2bc35dff191664ca07481d

  ARM architecture:

      
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      Size/MD5 checksum:    68558 c575b8ba9a7bbe9ab4bd5ff003787c80
      
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      Size/MD5 checksum:   150474 c8c4653a290a66724d717a709ae18a66

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
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      Size/MD5 checksum:   136658 7c186791884a0733fea8f63c3bb189f5

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2008270 ec8aeb2946896bbd26708b8adb539604
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    77478 148442739408fc6255d39292f135bec3
      
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      Size/MD5 checksum:  2656844 b125add104054e6db76625fa0f661206
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   156076 9e2a814e3565a0303074baa1fec3a8ad
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   183024 0e6b10d730a19628fb5982e62cc9a037

  HP Precision architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1881842 30933a611e124b53496a1eaa6e78ead6
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    70888 a627539e4c17fcb53c81a4a524aa9b6d
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    89912 2121010bef372effdc7b5df87f19c14c
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2456114 d7f144753a6ef2dfd30b804a496b266a
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   126552 59a4876e8430211df619bfbba7192c4f
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   159622 14750861065ede6ba4fb1779385125ee

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1755320 e772fc6e575816204d24d65b93b233d5
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    66368 ae622df8d8310ed713e21fcff06e861b
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    81460 316c268fe6263463ffa70650cf0b727a
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2261474 6f73920c2550f1f49fe4e8c93d6bc836
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   106314 001809ddc9a6e03054e096b6f4f30885
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   128858 17e57bbefae47ff07db3e6eac08fd651

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1811706 356e49aca2dd13198f1e8528bd410d53
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    67978 5f0a6cbf68d05696537ab036c877baf3
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    81422 fd91fe740b055e8ea764a2309704c385
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2404692 f5a42ecff952b876db268ba46b1f9297
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   112844 a957508600052e33c04372114ba0d6e8
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   151276 c36b4acdd08b3dbfc20f6d8e20f72684

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1812220 1c1515aa26c641f7a0c652187a763b3f
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    67954 7704b6cda625f1543cfed3fa7807a71d
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    81446 fb012b9d0b1f016820be28c237c1d1c7
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2407024 9ff53f42aff59fbf5050e7bf045af0c7
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   112630 6b96071e8be67ad72ccd14395e472224
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   151098 f6bfedf92870b76638ef16f52c8f185f

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1800710 3b1a280e2c0504303fcefed1f1487540
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    67996 6feace4eadb9a7e53d81fb6f77d1df59
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    83558 940e4461997283996cd62c07b9456f53
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2359890 f612a6bcb3c52147398fd6b0b7972a2d
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   116866 9f1e4c94ce84e65f20ee7ac2a65d28bc
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   145298 d5e77aad9f5e67acc715b4250d705873

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1795792 08de62dd48dd94d3ff3b2fee9a7fc044
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    69368 eaa0849593f8132eb3128a4d5e91bb98
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    86100 7037788341cbf3a5294ac771bea83519
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2337736 a11a41b78d3ee10608803b29d2ebdf2a
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   115398 40a4137f1dfc8beff7ef6ee20853e897
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   140918 747abc057dccf3cc061f142ca16b8f20

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  1845462 b413070f1f98f540a6a7cf78ad4cf1c0
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    70948 c77a09b25782f511430ac73420358a35
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    84376 1446a20a1664c349db050d90f8319580
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:  2354776 c430d70b36aaa7bc279fd9631658d713
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   120548 c51a797aa901917d759ce116d3afd2ee
      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   146862 92e2f650e7b8156b51c2d8d0bfb68e15


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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For dpkg-ftp:    dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and  http://packages.debian.org/

Debian: cupsys arbitrary code execution fix

October 21, 2004
Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows in xpdf, that are also present in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, which can be exploited remotely by a specially crafted PDF...

Summary

Chris Evans discovered several integer overflows in xpdf, that are
also present in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, which can be
exploited remotely by a specially crafted PDF document.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.1.14-5woody10.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.1.20final+rc1-10.

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
--------------------------------

Source archives:


Size/MD5 checksum: 712 ae31959c46f...

Read the Full Advisory

Severity
Package : cupsys
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0888

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