[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#476305: cupsys: CVE-2008-1722 remote DoS

[Nico Golde]

Package: cupsys
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for cupsys.


CVE-2008-1722[0]:
| Multiple integer overflows in (1) filter/image-png.c and (2)
| filter/image-zoom.c in CUPS 1.3 allow attackers to cause a denial of
| service (crash) and trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated via a
| crafted PNG image.

Patch:
http://www.cups.org/strfiles/2790/str2790.patch

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1722
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-1722

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