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Debian: DSA-2380-1 Critical: Foomatic-Filters Shell Command Injection

It was discovered that the foomatic-filters, a support package for setting up printers, allowed authenticated users to submit crafted print jobs which would execute shell commands on the print servers. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2380-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer January 04, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : foomatic-filtersVulnerability : shell command injection Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2011-2697 CVE-2011-2964 Debian Bug : 635549 It was discovered that the foomatic-filters, a support package for setting up printers, allowed authenticated users to submit crafted print jobs which would execute shell commands on the print servers. CVE-2011-2697 was assigned to the vulnerability in the Perl implementation included in lenny, and CVE-2011-2964 to the vulnerability affecting the C reimplementation part of squeeze. For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.2-20080211-3.2+lenny1. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.5-6+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.9-1. We recommend that you upgrade your foomatic-filters packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Important patch for foomatic-filters resolves security vulnerability concerning command injection affecting printing services on Debian platforms.. Foomatic-Filters, Debian Security, Shell Command Injection,Software Update, Printer Support. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 04, 2012 •Critical Debian