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Ubuntu 11.10 USN-1265-1 Critical: system-config-printer Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2011
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Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-1266-1 addresses a vulnerability in the system-config-printer that permits unauthorized package alterations.
An attacker could trick system-config-printer into installing altered packages and repositories.

Summary

An attacker could trick system-config-printer into installing altered

packages and repositories.

Software Description:

- system-config-printer: Python modules for printer configuration with CUPS

Details:

Marc Deslauriers discovered that system-config-printer's cupshelpers

scripts used by the Ubuntu automatic printer driver download service

queried the OpenPrinting database using an insecure connection. If a remote

attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could

be exploited to install altered packages and repositories.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
  python-cupshelpers              1.3.6+20110831-0ubuntu9.4

Ubuntu 11.04:
  python-cupshelpers              1.3.1+20110222-0ubuntu16.5

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1265-1

CVE-2011-4405

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November 17, 2011

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security advisory ubuntu man-in-the-middle system-config-printer altered packages

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/1.3.6+20110831-0ubuntu9.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/1.3.1+20110222-0ubuntu16.5

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