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[ GLSA 200412-25 ] CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities
From: Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:11:56 +0100
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: December 28, 2004 Bugs: #74479, #75197 ID: 200412-25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in CUPS, ranging from local Denial of Service attacks to the remote execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is a cross-platform print spooler, hpgltops is a CUPS filter handling printing of HPGL files and lppasswd is a program used locally to manage spooler passwords. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-print/cups < 1.1.23_rc1 >= 1.1.23_rc1 Description =========== CUPS makes use of vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files (CAN-2004-1125). Furthermore, Ariel Berkman discovered a buffer overflow in the ParseCommand function in hpgl-input.c in the hpgltops program (CAN-2004-1267). Finally, Bartlomiej Sieka discovered several problems in the lppasswd program: it ignores some write errors (CAN-2004-1268), it can leave the passwd.new file in place (CAN-2004-1269) and it does not verify that passwd.new file is different from STDERR (CAN-2004-1270). Impact ====== The Xpdf and hpgltops vulnerabilities may be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending specific print jobs to a CUPS spooler. The lppasswd vulnerabilities may be exploited by a local attacker to write data to the CUPS password file or deny further password modifications. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-1.1.23_rc1" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2004-1125 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1125 [ 2 ] CAN-2004-1267 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1267 [ 3 ] CAN-2004-1268 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1268 [ 4 ] CAN-2004-1269 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1269 [ 5 ] CAN-2004-1270 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1270 [ 6 ] Ariel Berkman Advisory http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups.txt [ 7 ] Bartlomiej Sieka Advisory http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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