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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2003.0377 -- RHSA-2003:171-01 Updated CUPS packages fix denial of service attack 28 May 2003 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: CUPS Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Linux 9 Red Hat Linux 8.0 Red Hat Linux 7.3 Impact: Denial of Service Access Required: Remote CVE Names: CAN-2003-0195 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated CUPS packages fix denial of service attack Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:171-01 Issue date: 2003-05-27 Updated on: 2003-05-27 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: Cross references: Obsoletes: RHSA-2002:295 CVE Names: CAN-2003-0195 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated CUPS packages that fix a denial of service vulnerability are now available. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 3. Problem description: CUPS is a print spooler. CUPS is used as the default print spooler on new installations of Red Hat Linux 9, and has been provided (though not as the default) for Red Hat Linux 7.3 and Red Hat Linux 8.0. Phil D'Amore of Red Hat discovered a vulnerability in the CUPS IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) implementation. The IPP implementation is single-threaded, which means only one request can be serviced at a time. An attacker could make a partial request that does not time out and therefore creates a denial of service. In order to exploit this bug, an attacker must have the ability to make a TCP connection to the IPP port (by default 631). All print servers using CUPS should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a patch and are not vulnerable to this issue. 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 Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/cups-1.1.14-15.4.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/cups-1.1.14-15.4.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/cups-libs-1.1.14-15.4.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/cups-devel-1.1.14-15.4.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-0.7.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/cups-1.1.17-0.7.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/cups-libs-1.1.17-0.7.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/cups-devel-1.1.17-0.7.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 9: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/cups-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm 6. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ccad6f342acd7cb20f4564c4ec7662b7 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/cups-1.1.14-15.4.src.rpm f607a87ef72ed8e54c49241c865ee578 7.3/en/os/i386/cups-1.1.14-15.4.i386.rpm 6bb84bd1c0cfb95792aea1a87c5ca545 7.3/en/os/i386/cups-devel-1.1.14-15.4.i386.rpm 67006ca3cf4d703c41ed7ac9fbe7e70f 7.3/en/os/i386/cups-libs-1.1.14-15.4.i386.rpm b1cc8d3a3874b901df0a9a7af62922a5 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-0.7.src.rpm 73d565a0540219e931029c1fe14b831b 8.0/en/os/i386/cups-1.1.17-0.7.i386.rpm f8cf990aa6f0b652a451be6be783bbe8 8.0/en/os/i386/cups-devel-1.1.17-0.7.i386.rpm 2249276c7a52692965918d2dbb9ee118 8.0/en/os/i386/cups-libs-1.1.17-0.7.i386.rpm fd361f163c6dce35d50f94563b6f5774 9/en/os/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.src.rpm cbc15e9989207900f85476cfe920e477 9/en/os/i386/cups-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm bdc49692f7f86bc4a19b7f3611b0e4b9 9/en/os/i386/cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm 79f0146526b6e6495accec0bf2927ad1 9/en/os/i386/cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/publickey/ 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 md5sum with the following command: md5sum <filename> 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0195 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <security@redhat.com>. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact/ Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc. - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. 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