Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cups
announced via advisory DSA 1773-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201773-1
Insight
It was discovered that the imagetops filter in cups, the Common UNIX Printing System, is prone to an integer overflow when reading malicious TIFF images.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.8-1lenny5.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.7-4etch7.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-0163 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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