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RHEL 3: RHSA-2008:1028-01 Moderate: CUPS Image Handling Flaw

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent updates to CUPS packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux have fixed a significant security vulnerability, enhancing the protection of the system.
Updated cups packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Se...

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

The Common UNIX® Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems.
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap buffer overflow, was discovered in the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) decoding routines used by the CUPS image-converting filters, "imagetops" and "imagetoraster". An attacker could create a malicious PNG file that could, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the "lp" user if the file was printed. (CVE-2008-5286)
CUPS users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update moderate impact patch CUPS image flaw

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5286 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: cups-1.1.17-13.3.55.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.i386.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.55.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.i386.rpm
ia64: cups-1.1.17-13.3.55.ia64.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.ia64.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.55.ia64.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.ia64.rpm
ppc: cups-1.1.17-13.3.55.ppc.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.ppc.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.ppc64.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.55.ppc.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.ppc.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.ppc64.rpm
s390: cups-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390.rpm
s390x: cups-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390x.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390x.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390x.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.s390x.rpm
x86_64: cups-1.1.17-13.3.55.x86_64.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.55.x86_64.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.55.x86_64.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.55.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:1028-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1028.html
Issue date: 2008-12-15

Topic

Updated cups packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update moderate impact patch CUPS image flaw

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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