Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200501-30.
Solution
All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-print/cups-1.1.23-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200501-30 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78249
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-28.xml
Insight
CUPS includes Xpdf code and therefore is vulnerable to the recent stack overflow issue, potentially resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0064 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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