Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cupsys
announced via advisory DSA 545-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20545-1
Insight
Alvaro Martinez Echevarria discovered a problem in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System. An attacker can easily disable browsing in CUPS by sending a specially crafted UDP datagram to port 631 where cupsd is running.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.14-5woody6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version cupsys_1.1.20final+rc1-6.
We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0558 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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