Gentoo: cups multiple vulnerabilities
Exploitation of multiple CUPS vulnerabilities allow local and remote attackers in the worst of the scenarios to gain root privileges.
Summary
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From iDEFENSE advisory:
"Exploitation of multiple CUPS vulnerabilities allow local and remote attackers in the worst of the scenarios to gain root privileges."
Read the full advisory at /us-en
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-print/cups-1.1.17_pre20021025 or earlier update their systems as follows:
emerge rsync emerge cups emerge clean
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PACKAGE : cups
SUMMARY : multiple cups vulnerbilities
EXPLOIT : remote and local
