Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51508
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:471
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2002:471. CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) is an open-source, freely available and cross-platform printing solution for UNIX environments. The CUPS authors found two buffer overflows in the IPP code. These buffer overflows potentially could be exploited by a remote attacker whose IP address is allowed to access the CUPS server, allowing him/her to execute arbitrary code in that server. This vulnerability[1] affects[2] all versions of CUPS prior to 1.1.4. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/4100 http://www.cups.org/relnotes.html#01011400 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:471 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002 Risk factor : High
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

This is only one of 145615 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit. To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.