Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20091513
Revision Date:2009-10-15Version:637
Title:RHSA-2009:1513: cups security update (Moderate)
Description:The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems. The CUPS "pdftops" filter converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to PostScript.

  • Two integer overflow flaws were found in the CUPS "pdftops" filter. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause "pdftops" to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the "lp" user if the file was printed. (CVE-2009-3608, CVE-2009-3609)

    Red Hat would like to thank Chris Rohlf for reporting the CVE-2009-3608 issue.

    Users of cups are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. After installing the update, the cupsd daemon will be restarted automatically.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2009-3608
    CVE-2009-3609
    RHSA-2009:1513
    RHSA-2009:1513-01
    RHSA-2009:1513-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND
  • cups is earlier than 1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.3
  • AND cups is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • cups-devel is earlier than 1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.3
  • AND cups-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • cups-libs is earlier than 1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.3
  • AND cups-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • cups-lpd is earlier than 1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.3
  • AND cups-lpd is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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