{"id":"MGASA-2014-0170","summary":"Updated cups-filters packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"Updated cups-filters packages fix security vulnerabilities:\n\nFlorian Weimer discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled memory\nin the urftopdf filter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\nexecute arbitrary code with the privileges of the lp user (CVE-2013-6473).\n\nFlorian Weimer discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled memory\nin the pdftoopvp filter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\nexecute arbitrary code with the privileges of the lp user (CVE-2013-6474,\nCVE-2013-6475).\n\nFlorian Weimer discovered that cups-filters did not restrict driver\ndirectories in the pdftoopvp filter. An attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the lp user\n(CVE-2013-6476).\n","modified":"2026-03-25T17:45:36.577780Z","published":"2014-04-15T18:10:43Z","related":["CVE-2013-6473","CVE-2013-6474","CVE-2013-6475","CVE-2013-6476"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0170.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2143-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13002"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cups-filters","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/cups-filters?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.41-3.2.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0170.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}