Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for cups. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for cups
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33101
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/33101/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From local network
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
https://secunia.com/advisories/product/2534/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for cups. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error in the
processing of PNG files.
This is related to:
SA29809
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
https://rhn.redhat.com/
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1028.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29809:
https://secunia.com/advisories/29809/
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