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SUSE: 2015:1044-2 Critical: Cups154 Cross-Site Scripting Issues

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2015
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Important security patch for cups154 resolving various issues in SUSE Linux. System restart necessary for application.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

The following issues are fixed by this update: * CVE-2012-5519: privilege escalation via cross-site scripting and bad print job submission used to replace cupsd.conf on server (bsc#924208). * CVE-2015-1158: Improper Update of Reference Count * CVE-2015-1159: Cross-Site Scripting

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical cross-site scripting vulnerability suse legacy software cups154

References

#924208

Cross- CVE-2012-5519 CVE-2015-1158 CVE-2015-1159

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5519.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1158.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1159.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=924208

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:1044-2
Rating: critical

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical cross-site scripting vulnerability suse legacy software cups154

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