Date:         Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:15:59 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for cups on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov

Synopsis:	Important: cups security and bug fix update
Issue date:	2007-10-31
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4351

A flaw was found in the way CUPS handles certain Internet Printing Protocol
(IPP) tags. A remote attacker who is able to connect to the IPP TCP port
could send a malicious request causing the CUPS daemon to crash, or
potentially execute arbitrary code. Please note that the default CUPS
configuration does not allow remote hosts to connect to the IPP TCP port.
(CVE-2007-4351)

In addition, the following bugs were fixed:

* the CUPS service has been changed to start after sshd, to avoid causing
delays when logging in when the system is booted.

* the logrotate settings have been adjusted so they do not cause CUPS to
reload its configuration. This is to avoid re-printing the current job,
which could occur when it was a long-running job.

* a bug has been fixed in the handling of the If-Modified-Since: HTTP
header.

* in the LSPP configuration, labels for labeled jobs did not line-wrap.
This has been fixed.

* an access check in the LSPP configuration has been made more secure.

* the cups-lpd service no longer ignores the "-odocument-format=..."
option.

* a memory allocation bug has been fixed in cupsd.

* support for UNIX domain sockets authentication without passwords has been
added.

* in the LSPP configuration, a problem that could lead to cupsd crashing
has been fixed.

* the error handling in the initscript has been improved.

* The job-originating-host-name attribute was not correctly set for jobs
submitted via the cups-lpd service. This has been fixed.

* a problem with parsing IPv6 addresses in the configuration file has been
fixed.

* a problem that could lead to cupsd crashing when it failed to open a
"file:" URI has been fixed.

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
cups-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.src.rpm
   i386:
cups-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpm
cups-devel-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpm
cups-lpd-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
cups-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
cups-devel-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpm
cups-devel-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
cups-libs-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.x86_64.rpm
cups-lpd-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2007-4351 cups SL5.x i386/x86_64

Important: cups security and bug fix update

Summary

Date:         Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:15:59 -0500Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for cups on SL5.x i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.govSynopsis:	Important: cups security and bug fix updateIssue date:	2007-10-31CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4351A flaw was found in the way CUPS handles certain Internet Printing Protocol(IPP) tags. A remote attacker who is able to connect to the IPP TCP portcould send a malicious request causing the CUPS daemon to crash, orpotentially execute arbitrary code. Please note that the default CUPSconfiguration does not allow remote hosts to connect to the IPP TCP port.(CVE-2007-4351)In addition, the following bugs were fixed:* the CUPS service has been changed to start after sshd, to avoid causingdelays when logging in when the system is booted.* the logrotate settings have been adjusted so they do not cause CUPS toreload its configuration. This is to avoid re-printing the current job,which could occur when it was a long-running job.* a bug has been fixed in the handling of the If-Modified-Since: HTTPheader.* in the LSPP configuration, labels for labeled jobs did not line-wrap.This has been fixed.* an access check in the LSPP configuration has been made more secure.* the cups-lpd service no longer ignores the "-odocument-format=..."option.* a memory allocation bug has been fixed in cupsd.* support for UNIX domain sockets authentication without passwords has beenadded.* in the LSPP configuration, a problem that could lead to cupsd crashinghas been fixed.* the error handling in the initscript has been improved.* The job-originating-host-name attribute was not correctly set for jobssubmitted via the cups-lpd service. This has been fixed.* a problem with parsing IPv6 addresses in the configuration file has beenfixed.* a problem that could lead to cupsd crashing when it failed to open a"file:" URI has been fixed.SL 5.x   SRPMS:cups-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.src.rpm   i386:cups-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpmcups-devel-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpmcups-libs-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpmcups-lpd-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpm   x86_64:cups-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.x86_64.rpmcups-devel-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpmcups-devel-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.x86_64.rpmcups-libs-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.i386.rpmcups-libs-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.x86_64.rpmcups-lpd-1.2.4-11.14.el5.1.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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