cups-filters: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

cups-filters is an OpenPrinting CUPS Filters.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cups-filters. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted print job using cups-filters, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All cups-filters users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-filters-1.0.71"