| Revision Date: | 2005-02-01 | Version: | 502 |
| Title: | RHSA-2005:049: cups security update (Important) |
| Description: | The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX(R) operating systems.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Decrypt::makeFileKey2 function of Xpdf which also affects the CUPS pdftops filter due to a shared codebase. An attacker who has the ability to send a malicious PDF file to a printer could possibly execute arbitrary code as the "lp" user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0064 to this issue.
Red Hat believes that the Exec-Shield technology (enabled by default since Update 3) will block attempts to remotely exploit these buffer overflow vulnerabilities on x86 architectures.
All users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.
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| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2005-0064
RHSA-2005:049-01
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| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
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| Definition Synopsis |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is installed AND Package Information
cups-devel is earlier than 1:1.1.17-13.3.24
AND cups-devel is signed with Red Hat master key
OR
cups-libs is earlier than 1:1.1.17-13.3.24
AND cups-libs is signed with Red Hat master key
OR
cups is earlier than 1:1.1.17-13.3.24
AND cups is signed with Red Hat master key
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