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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: RHSA-2008:1029-01 Moderate CUPS DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Minor security patch for cups in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 improves defenses against denial of service vulnerabilities.
Updated cups packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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.
A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the way CUPS handled subscriptions for printing job completion notifications. A local user could use this flaw to crash the CUPS daemon by submitting a large number of printing jobs requiring mail notification on completion, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2008-5183)
Users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat DoS moderate impact system update cups

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5183 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: cups-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-lpd-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
x86_64: cups-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm cups-libs-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm cups-lpd-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-devel-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
x86_64: cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm cups-devel-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-devel-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: cups-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-devel-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-lpd-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm
ia64: cups-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm cups-devel-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.3.ia64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:1029-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1029.html
Issue date: 2008-12-15

Topic

Updated cups packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat DoS moderate impact system update cups

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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