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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Moderate: RHSA-2011:1196-01 Remote Code Execution

Updated system-config-printer packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate [More...]. ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: system-config-printer security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1196-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1196.html Issue date: 2011-08-23 CVE Names: CVE-2011-2899 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated system-config-printer packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: system-config-printer is a print queue configuration tool with a graphical user interface. It was found that system-config-printer did not properly sanitize NetBIOS and workgroup names when searching for network printers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running system-config-printer. (CVE-2011-2899) All users of system-config-printer are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. Running instances ofsystem-config-printer must be restarted for this update to take effect. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 728348 - CVE-2011-2899 system-config-printer: possible arbitrary code execution in pysmb.py due to improper escaping of hostnames 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: i386: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm ia64: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm ppc: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ppc.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ppc.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ppc.rpm s390: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390.rpm s390x: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390x.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390x.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390x.rpm x86_64: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version4: Source: i386: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: i386: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm ia64: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: i386: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm ia64: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: i386: system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm x86_64: system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5server): Source: i386: system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm ia64: system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm ppc: system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm s390x: system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2899 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc. . Recent updates to the system-config-printer packages resolve a significant security vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 4 and 5.. system-config-printer update, Red Hat patch, security advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 23, 2011 Red Hat