Slackware 9.0: SSA:2003-149-01 Critical: CUPS Denial Of Service
slackware
May 29, 2003
Upgraded CUPS packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to fix a denial of service attack vulnerability.
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Thu May 29 00:52:54 PDT 2003 patches/packages/cups-1.1.19-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to cups-1.1.19. A denial of service problem that allowed a CUPS client to hang the CUPS server is now fixed in CUPS 1.1.19. Note that CUPS is not installed by default -- it is shipped as one of the packages in /extra. (* Security fix *) WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: Updated package for Slackware 8.1: Updated package for Slackware 9.0: Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 SIGNATURES: Slackware 8.1 package: c8999b9d8ec4652372d2ef5f26a1c71b cups-1.1.19-i386-1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 72bd865d7b3ff4695340522e1c86ae9c cups-1.1.19-i386-1.tgz Slackware -current package: 7d5aa6d2408b642f2db46ac8387ada2b cups-1.1.19-i486-1.tgz 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
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