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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3: RHSA-2009-0308 Important: CUPS Security Fix

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Calendar Grey February 19, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent updates to the cups software address a critical security vulnerability for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, as recommended by the Red Hat team.
Updated cups packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

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.
The CUPS security advisory, RHSA-2008:0937, stated that it fixed CVE-2008-3640 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. It was discovered this flaw was not properly fixed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, however. (CVE-2009-0577)
These new packages contain a proper fix for CVE-2008-3640 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 already contain the appropriate fix for this flaw and do not need to be updated.
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 important patch management cups red hat enterprise linux

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0577 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: cups-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm
ia64: cups-1.1.17-13.3.56.ia64.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.ia64.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.56.ia64.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.ia64.rpm
ppc: cups-1.1.17-13.3.56.ppc.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.ppc.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.ppc64.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.56.ppc.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.ppc.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.ppc64.rpm
s390: cups-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390.rpm
s390x: cups-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390x.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390x.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390x.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.s390x.rpm
x86_64: cups-1.1.17-13.3.56.x86_64.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm cups-debuginfo-1.1.17-13.3.56.x86_64.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.56.x86_64.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.56.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: cups-1.1.17-13.3.56.i386.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:0308-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0308.html
Issue date: 2009-02-19

Topic

Updated cups packages that fix a security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important patch management cups red hat enterprise linux

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

486052 - CVE-2009-0577 cups-CVE-2008-3640.patch has been corrupted.

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