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Updated CUPS packages are available for Red Hat Linux 9 and Fedora Core 1

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Fedora Legacy Update Advisory

Synopsis: Updated CUPS packages fix security vulnerability
Advisory ID: FLSA:2072
Issue date: 2004-10-16
Product: Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core
Keywords: Bugfix
Cross references: https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2072
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0558
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1. Topic:

Updated cups packages that fix a denial of service vulnerability are now available.

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is a print spooler.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 9 - i386
Fedora Core 1 - i386



3. Problem description:

Alvaro Martinez Echevarria reported a bug in the CUPS Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) implementation in versions of CUPS prior to 1.1.21. An attacker could send a carefully crafted UDP packet to the IPP port which could cause CUPS to stop listening to the port and result in a denial of service. In order to exploit this bug, an attacker would need to have the ability to send a UDP packet to the IPP port (by default 631). The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0558 to this issue.

All users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch as well as a fix for a non-exploitable off-by-one bug.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via yum and apt. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use yum issue:

yum update

or to use apt:

apt-get update; apt-get upgrade

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. This assumes that you have yum or apt-get configured for obtaining Fedora Legacy content. Please visit http://www fedoralegacy.org/docs for directions on how to configure yum and apt-get.

5. Bug IDs fixed:

http://bugzilla.fedora.us - 2072 - CAN-2004-0558 - CUPS denial of service

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.0.
6.legacy.src.rpm

i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/cups-1.1.17-13.3.0.6
.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/cups-devel-1.1.17-13
.3.0.6.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/cups-libs-1.1.17-13.
3.0.6.legacy.i386.rpm

Fedora Core 1:

SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/cups-1.1.19-13.2.le
gacy.src.rpm

i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/cups-1.1.19-13.2.leg
acy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/cups-devel-1.1.19-13
.2.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/cups-libs-1.1.19-13.
2.legacy.i386.rpm

7. Verification:

SHA1 sum Package Name
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dc9e67863c6ed358eca94f36f04c2549be49bee7

redhat/9/updates/i386/cups-1.1.17-13.3.0.6.legacy.i386.rpm
fc7fd1c2c7ad79e2c419b5440e6b0e0a88b2e276

redhat/9/updates/i386/cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.0.6.legacy.i386.rpm
39f6b741f82f6e566351d15f7ec384f0cde9a17e

redhat/9/updates/i386/cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.0.6.legacy.i386.rpm
ff063b1392b2841153d5dc234c5f3ed6d54d63e4

redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.0.6.legacy.src.rpm
e7684dfcd7142714848be20e318e5c58aed2b481

fedora/1/updates/i386/cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i386.rpm
8dbb4ea34d20de5b70e1672e60794fcfe5021f4b

fedora/1/updates/i386/cups-devel-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i386.rpm
369439d5c253a361ffd64f892efc448c62d54e94

fedora/1/updates/i386/cups-libs-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.i386.rpm
8b69b1f1c661a5c75dfadcfb85a19fd712e5f904

fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/cups-1.1.19-13.2.legacy.src.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Fedora Legacy for security. Our key is available from http://www.fedoralegacy.org/about/security.php

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm --checksig -v filename

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the sha1sum with the following command:

sha1sum filename

8. References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0558
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L863

9. Contact:

The Fedora Legacy security contact is secnotice@fedoralegacy.org. More project details at http://www.fedoralegacy.org