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Mandrake Linux Advisory: cups

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 7, 2003

Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory


Package name: cups
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:104
Date: November 5th, 2003
Affected versions: 9.0, Corporate Server 2.1

Problem Description:

A bug in versions of CUPS prior to 1.1.19 was reported by Paul
Mitcheson in the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) implementation
would result in CUPS going into a busy loop, which could result in
a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. To be able to exploit this
problem, an attacker would need to be able to make a TCP connection
to the IPP port (port 631 by default).

The provided packages have been patched to correct this
problem.


References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0788


Updated Packages:

Corporate Server 2.1:
584a05963995876e075e5ca9817cfadb
corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
7971d0e5ac93d322e6aa97677e815eef
corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
06320efce369f26e61c37f32eb16169f
corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
525bb92144b0b12c8ed04422cdc82d71
corporate/2.1/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
6d35d2b7a8cb4eb93292cf47f408a4fe
corporate/2.1/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
b93777ca1fa1ef8b3471f5a3827c1e32
corporate/2.1/SRPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
32240f855fb4495a9041f06f595ab8e2
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
77f573305193f54dd39d7f0418da466e
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm

5b68c85307ccbcb6dd7d8b4494781cf9
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm

bcc3fdf22ebc631bbd0560795413d312
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
67d11d928cd59d3e734c90a9b1f02e05
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm

b93777ca1fa1ef8b3471f5a3827c1e32
x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.2.C21mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0:
ef999ce7a7361856bde78493357c173c
9.0/RPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.2.90mdk.i586.rpm
23772861be6813682316071ac5142169
9.0/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.18-2.2.90mdk.i586.rpm
517a0a906e0f6135aacb31fc1dc98c1c
9.0/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.18-2.2.90mdk.i586.rpm
e5ba8a833fab015d04743e61466adcb3
9.0/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.18-2.2.90mdk.i586.rpm
fce8efc7313816c9aaabaa6c9abf6201
9.0/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.18-2.2.90mdk.i586.rpm
4357ea21f3bb199c65fc37c9eebd1066
9.0/SRPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.2.90mdk.src.rpm


To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The
verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed
automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can
obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by
executing:

gpg –recv-keys –keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net
0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours
to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services
that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be
obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team <security
linux-mandrake.com>
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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