---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003: 2,700 advisories published 2004: 3,100 advisories published 2005: 4,600 advisories published 2006: 5,300 advisories published How do you know which Secunia advisories are important to you? The Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Solutions allows you to filter and structure all the information you need, so you can address issues effectively. Get a free trial of the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence Solutions: http://corporate.secunia.com/how_to_buy/38/vi/?ref=secadv ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Gentoo update for cups SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA28113 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/28113/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation, DoS, System access WHERE: >From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Gentoo Linux 1.x http://secunia.com/product/339/ DESCRIPTION: Gentoo has issued an update for cups. This fixes a security issue and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. Note: This also fixes an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-0720, which introduced another DoS. For more information: SA24660 SA28129 SA28139 SOLUTION: Update to "net-print/cups-1.2.12-r4" or later. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml OTHER REFERENCES: SA24660: http://secunia.com/advisories/24660/ SA28129: http://secunia.com/advisories/28129/ SA28139: http://secunia.com/advisories/28139/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------