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Category: SuSE Local Security Checks Risk factor: High Added: 8 Oct 2008
Synopsis:

The remote SuSE system is missing the security patch cups-5653.

Description:

Specially crafted print jobs could trigger buffer overflows in the 'imagetops', 'texttops' and 'hpgltops' filters. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code on the cups server (CVE-2008-3639, CVE-2008-3640, CVE-2008-3641).


Solution:

Install the security patch cups-5653.

Risk factor:

High

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