Fedora update for cups

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA38927

VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/38927/

DESCRIPTION: Fedora has issued an update for cups. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information: SA37364

SOLUTION: Apply updated packages via the yum utility (“yum update cups”).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY: FEDORA-2010-3761: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/cups-1.4.2-28.fc12

OTHER REFERENCES: SA37364: http://secunia.com/advisories/37364/

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