Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51480
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2003:779
Summary:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2003:779
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2003:779. Cups[1] (Common UNIX Printing System) is an open-source, freely available and cross-platform printing solution for UNIX environments. It has been reported that the IPP daemon from the Cups package can under some circumstances enter a loop and consume excessive CPU resources, causing the service to become slow and unresponsive. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2003:779 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002003 Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 8952 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0788 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97958 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:788 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000788 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:779 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000779 http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:104 TurboLinux Advisory: TLSA-2003-63 http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-63.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-275.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8952 http://secunia.com/advisories/10123 XForce ISS Database: cups-ipp-dos(13584) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/13584
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