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>> rPath Security Update Fixes CUPS Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : rPath Security Update Fixes CUPS Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2331
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1374
Rated as : High Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-11

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A vulnerability has been identified in rPath Linux, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an integer overflow error in pdftops filter in CUPS when processing a malformed PDF file while running on 64-bit platforms, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.

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2008-08-11 : Initial release

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