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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51261
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:018 (cups)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to cups
announced via advisory MDKSA-2005:018.

A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the xpdf PDF
code, which could allow for arbitrary code execution as the user
viewing a PDF file. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient bounds
checking while processing a PDF file that provides malicious values in
the /Encrypt /Length tag. Cups uses xpdf code and is susceptible to the
same vulnerability.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent these problems.

Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1,
Corporate Server 3.0


Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2005:018
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0064

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0064
Bugtraq: 20050119 [USN-64-1] xpdf, CUPS vulnerabilities (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110625368019554&w=2
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2005:921
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000921
Debian Security Information: DSA-645 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-645
Debian Security Information: DSA-648 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-648
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2352
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2353
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-28
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-10
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=186&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:016
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:017
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:018
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:019
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:020
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11781
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-026.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-034.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-057.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-059.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-066.html
SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2005.42
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.42/SCOSA-2005.42.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/17277
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/
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