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From: Daniel Ahlberg (aliz_at_gentoo.org)
Date: Sun Dec 29 2002 - 07:35:18 CST

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    GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200212-13
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    PACKAGE : cups
    SUMMARY : multiple cups vulnerbilities
    DATE    : 2002-12-29 13:12 UTC
    EXPLOIT : remote and local

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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
    http://www.idefense.com/advisory/12.19.02.txt

    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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