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Posted on 23 October 2012
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2562-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst
October 23, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : cups-pk-helper
Vulnerability : privilege escalation
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2012-4510
cups-pk-helper, a PolicyKit helper to configure cups with fine-grained
privileges, wraps CUPS function calls in an insecure way. This could
lead to uploading sensitive data to a cups resource, or overwriting
specific files with the content of a cups resource. The user would have
to explicitly approve the action.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.1.0-3.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cups-pk-helper packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
