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CVE-2013-6473

Publication date 7 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the urftopdf filter in cups-filters 1.0.25 before 1.0.47 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large (1) page or (2) line in a URF file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups 13.10 saucy
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
cups-filters 13.10 saucy
Fixed 1.0.40-0ubuntu1.1
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

filters used to be in main cups package in lucid

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2143-1
    • cups-filters vulnerabilities
    • 12 March 2014

Other references