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Slackware 9.1, 10.0 SSA:2004-266-01 Moderate CUPS DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2004
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent CUPS updates for Slackware 9.1 and 10.0 address a vulnerability allowing a DoS attack through corrupted packets that could lead to server crashes.
New CUPS packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a denial of service issue where a malformed packet can crash the CUPS server

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to cups-1.1.21. This fixes a flaw where a remote attacker can crash the CUPS server causing a denial of service. For more details, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2004-0558 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS issue Slackware CUPS

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 9.1 package: b3f16be12546c626071281bc17e11739 cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package: 6cca53545b2ea2d260a3ad4f55e22153 cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: 01cc7de97fd7f6d51c3803b5c286dcff cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS issue Slackware CUPS

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: First, if the CUPS server (cupsd) is running, stop it: . /etc/rc.d/rc.cups stop Then upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): upgradepkg cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz Finally, restart cupsd (if needed): . /etc/rc.d/rc.cups start

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