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Scientific Linux: Important Cups Security Update for SL3, SL4, SL5

Calendar Oct 10, 2008 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory buffer overflow cups Scientific Linux SL5 SL4 SL3
Important: cups security update 
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:03:17 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for cups on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: cups security update
Issue date:	2008-10-10
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-3639 CVE-2008-3640 CVE-2008-3641

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the SGI image format decoding
routines used by the CUPS image converting filter "imagetops". An attacker
could create a malicious SGI image file that could, possibly, execute
arbitrary code as the "lp" user if the file was printed. (CVE-2008-3639)

An integer overflow flaw leading to a heap buffer overflow was discovered
in the Text-to-PostScript "texttops" filter. An attacker could create a
malicious text file that could, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the
"lp" user if the file was printed. (CVE-2008-3640)

An insufficient buffer bounds checking flaw was discovered in the
HP-GL/2-to-PostScript "hpgltops" filter. An attacker could create a
malicious HP-GL/2 file that could, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the
"lp" user if the file was printed. (CVE-2008-3641)

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
cups-1.1.17-13.3.54.src.rpm
 i386:
cups-1.1.17-13.3.54.i386.rpm
cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.54.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.54.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
cups-1.1.17-13.3.54.x86_64.rpm
cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.54.x86_64.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.54.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.54.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1.src.rpm
 i386:
cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1.i386.rpm
cups-devel-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm
cups-devel-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
cups-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.src.rpm
 i386:
cups-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
cups-devel-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
cups-lpd-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
cups-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
cups-devel-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
cups-devel-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
cups-libs-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
cups-libs-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
cups-lpd-1.2.4-11.18.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson