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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1595 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2009-11-18
Updated:
2010-01-12

RHSA-2009:1595 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Moderate: cups security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated cups packages that fix multiple security issues are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

[Updated 12th January 2010]
The packages list in this erratum has been updated to include missing i386
packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop and RHEL Desktop Workstation.

Description

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer
for UNIX operating systems.

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way CUPS handled references in its
file descriptors-handling interface. A remote attacker could, in a
specially-crafted way, query for the list of current print jobs for a
specific printer, leading to a denial of service (cupsd crash).
(CVE-2009-3553)

Several cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the way the CUPS web
server interface processed HTML form content. If a remote attacker could
trick a local user who is logged into the CUPS web interface into visiting
a specially-crafted HTML page, the attacker could retrieve and potentially
modify confidential CUPS administration data. (CVE-2009-2820)

Red Hat would like to thank Aaron Sigel of Apple Product Security for
responsibly reporting the CVE-2009-2820 issue.

Users of cups are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the
update, the cupsd daemon will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 529833 - CVE-2009-2820 cups: Several XSS flaws in forms processed by CUPS web interface
  • BZ - 530111 - CVE-2009-3553 cups: Use-after-free (crash) due improper reference counting in abstract file descriptors handling interface

CVEs

  • CVE-2009-2820
  • CVE-2009-3553

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 72228de8619e9812781d103ea0b476c5b8b47658c0f68300698030b6e44d4351
x86_64
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0149ac7e55f7f6360cc11fabc65414d36742bfc1fd183c8eb167855f6c527cd3
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: dbce5272dba632f5d0e8f5301d1ea9dbc224cc7a44bc29abf5dcaf66a70cf260
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9e0edb5c6b5681cb3c58e16effc322454c797afdacc7447b92722a7149c01a51
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d2941b4581d5cc788628180996a65f050431a050546169d8946ed46976283a2
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 930191fd2e01ec45a797b8321c412d8aec06c5b22532b82b44f7d549611546af
ia64
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 240b86caccbc8bc6f9e86815ec158d573c00e3644ffd34f7d747cfdcf010f45f
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 78e649444e3a014079157ccd2bbb3e50b80b8ca64baef4d4502cc00c30dbcc87
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 1681b58a57db06167c2f1c733fcd2df556a8a2d35f608910074086ed4be79728
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: fdbd30d7ea7692ac8a9ff3e0ebf4f04a4afab9fe4d015e8ff5ea5dd0495f81c3
i386
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 90fe180cefd24c5bd927fde9de4abdb61e75084e3ec9d3ba3a463f608bd7108c
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: dbce5272dba632f5d0e8f5301d1ea9dbc224cc7a44bc29abf5dcaf66a70cf260
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6d925e9305db7cff3055b76295f4f73fad34b373c1acaf1233e9caf0b23c64d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 72228de8619e9812781d103ea0b476c5b8b47658c0f68300698030b6e44d4351
x86_64
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0149ac7e55f7f6360cc11fabc65414d36742bfc1fd183c8eb167855f6c527cd3
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: dbce5272dba632f5d0e8f5301d1ea9dbc224cc7a44bc29abf5dcaf66a70cf260
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9e0edb5c6b5681cb3c58e16effc322454c797afdacc7447b92722a7149c01a51
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d2941b4581d5cc788628180996a65f050431a050546169d8946ed46976283a2
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 930191fd2e01ec45a797b8321c412d8aec06c5b22532b82b44f7d549611546af
i386
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 90fe180cefd24c5bd927fde9de4abdb61e75084e3ec9d3ba3a463f608bd7108c
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: dbce5272dba632f5d0e8f5301d1ea9dbc224cc7a44bc29abf5dcaf66a70cf260
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6d925e9305db7cff3055b76295f4f73fad34b373c1acaf1233e9caf0b23c64d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 72228de8619e9812781d103ea0b476c5b8b47658c0f68300698030b6e44d4351
x86_64
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0149ac7e55f7f6360cc11fabc65414d36742bfc1fd183c8eb167855f6c527cd3
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d2941b4581d5cc788628180996a65f050431a050546169d8946ed46976283a2
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 930191fd2e01ec45a797b8321c412d8aec06c5b22532b82b44f7d549611546af
i386
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 90fe180cefd24c5bd927fde9de4abdb61e75084e3ec9d3ba3a463f608bd7108c
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6d925e9305db7cff3055b76295f4f73fad34b373c1acaf1233e9caf0b23c64d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 72228de8619e9812781d103ea0b476c5b8b47658c0f68300698030b6e44d4351
s390x
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 90b4c3a4ab53a672eb9a396f111555a37fe17e2e9b803aaf4a1d56d9ea1bf82d
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 743abb10a80a2b6e9ca9239a209436634261a4cf3b00d0c40b96f55cfcccbc9a
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f2632565cd3f4fa7d6fd450f63f625427e25cce5f0407a472440b82879f412d3
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 1223b518ce61c34128d960b0ba422010bfbc0efad28ef5da68b228515846632c
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d7da409effe4b457f936a73005a5afb15d58eaae04efcdbc37de491057def588
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ae50b77e20a0afe30911207727e58f2cd88db730e3339ca5ac48f262bd5ae76e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 72228de8619e9812781d103ea0b476c5b8b47658c0f68300698030b6e44d4351
ppc
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: c449aaf684c64cec6359cd2973a4521894df3c99f3fb8a124130025101bf77c4
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 443c81b856e06b8e4bb607f95d0c2ceff2bbe96150cca317b46087e1c6c20c04
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 7524edc737a5f1508acbd4f35bcdd3a2da3a811c762129e27c784523d19ffeba
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 5325e973d564f66e45000dbe9283d861a75c0adb163cb1916f52887a08c5dd1f
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 29b07e055e45c8fbeebc9cc0638f8db2e34d2902c9b3aaf01cda95a413b59fac
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 40e0a9dc64b39c2df34ebf5c779885429e88f4145177fc298f3ed16c1b8126c5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 72228de8619e9812781d103ea0b476c5b8b47658c0f68300698030b6e44d4351
x86_64
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0149ac7e55f7f6360cc11fabc65414d36742bfc1fd183c8eb167855f6c527cd3
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: dbce5272dba632f5d0e8f5301d1ea9dbc224cc7a44bc29abf5dcaf66a70cf260
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9e0edb5c6b5681cb3c58e16effc322454c797afdacc7447b92722a7149c01a51
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2d2941b4581d5cc788628180996a65f050431a050546169d8946ed46976283a2
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 930191fd2e01ec45a797b8321c412d8aec06c5b22532b82b44f7d549611546af
i386
cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 90fe180cefd24c5bd927fde9de4abdb61e75084e3ec9d3ba3a463f608bd7108c
cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: dbce5272dba632f5d0e8f5301d1ea9dbc224cc7a44bc29abf5dcaf66a70cf260
cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5a2b1faac002c5ad77e579a55d251851940978000a117d22d678760d06d7ef37
cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6d925e9305db7cff3055b76295f4f73fad34b373c1acaf1233e9caf0b23c64d9

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