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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1109 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2011-08-01
Updated:
2011-08-01

RHSA-2011:1109 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Moderate: foomatic security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An updated foomatic package that fixes one security issue is 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.

Description

Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers,
printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes
spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to
print files and manipulate print jobs. foomatic-rip is a print filter
written in Perl.

An input sanitization flaw was found in the foomatic-rip print filter. An
attacker could submit a print job with the username, title, or job options
set to appear as a command line option that caused the filter to use a
specified PostScript printer description (PPD) file, rather than the
administrator-set one. This could lead to arbitrary code execution with the
privileges of the "lp" user. (CVE-2011-2697)

All foomatic users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains
a backported patch to resolve this issue.

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

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 Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 721001 - CVE-2011-2697 foomatic: Improper sanitization of command line option in foomatic-rip

CVEs

  • CVE-2011-2697

References

  • https://access.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
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 03eea664758cbc2acf857d5eb03c6e0e5c0b7529b66fe899fb04d6303e30a058
x86_64
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8c7bb2f6a071e45d7253a5c736fa5b7b968328174bedb90052d529fff7508bb4
ia64
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: cdf9ad502f694281672c36b3076864464a7d5cb56fcb6a6e5109e1fe02c83588
i386
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d420bbb6cc032ba604866ccf0cc018dc7681c0479ca2a99240787912496ca465

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: e88982f54130a025c35edb01f68e86adf0bb1a8708c07352709813096a9bdda2
x86_64
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 24fb1270dee13a494536a3387532e13045de854d739d288a6127f4cb4831a521
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 24fb1270dee13a494536a3387532e13045de854d739d288a6127f4cb4831a521
ia64
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0345a597ba0114317540d91dc400f062a13714834a346a2d392981cacb3f7bfd
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0345a597ba0114317540d91dc400f062a13714834a346a2d392981cacb3f7bfd
i386
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c6ee240abfbf746f73cc2c930ce03abe7b9bac19ae1a62d11591525353bf7a47
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c6ee240abfbf746f73cc2c930ce03abe7b9bac19ae1a62d11591525353bf7a47

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: e88982f54130a025c35edb01f68e86adf0bb1a8708c07352709813096a9bdda2
x86_64
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 24fb1270dee13a494536a3387532e13045de854d739d288a6127f4cb4831a521
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 24fb1270dee13a494536a3387532e13045de854d739d288a6127f4cb4831a521
ia64
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0345a597ba0114317540d91dc400f062a13714834a346a2d392981cacb3f7bfd
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0345a597ba0114317540d91dc400f062a13714834a346a2d392981cacb3f7bfd
i386
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c6ee240abfbf746f73cc2c930ce03abe7b9bac19ae1a62d11591525353bf7a47
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c6ee240abfbf746f73cc2c930ce03abe7b9bac19ae1a62d11591525353bf7a47

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 03eea664758cbc2acf857d5eb03c6e0e5c0b7529b66fe899fb04d6303e30a058
x86_64
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8c7bb2f6a071e45d7253a5c736fa5b7b968328174bedb90052d529fff7508bb4
i386
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d420bbb6cc032ba604866ccf0cc018dc7681c0479ca2a99240787912496ca465

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: e88982f54130a025c35edb01f68e86adf0bb1a8708c07352709813096a9bdda2
x86_64
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 24fb1270dee13a494536a3387532e13045de854d739d288a6127f4cb4831a521
ia64
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0345a597ba0114317540d91dc400f062a13714834a346a2d392981cacb3f7bfd
i386
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c6ee240abfbf746f73cc2c930ce03abe7b9bac19ae1a62d11591525353bf7a47

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 03eea664758cbc2acf857d5eb03c6e0e5c0b7529b66fe899fb04d6303e30a058
x86_64
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8c7bb2f6a071e45d7253a5c736fa5b7b968328174bedb90052d529fff7508bb4
i386
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d420bbb6cc032ba604866ccf0cc018dc7681c0479ca2a99240787912496ca465

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: e88982f54130a025c35edb01f68e86adf0bb1a8708c07352709813096a9bdda2
x86_64
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 24fb1270dee13a494536a3387532e13045de854d739d288a6127f4cb4831a521
i386
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c6ee240abfbf746f73cc2c930ce03abe7b9bac19ae1a62d11591525353bf7a47

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 03eea664758cbc2acf857d5eb03c6e0e5c0b7529b66fe899fb04d6303e30a058
s390x
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 49bac4ea1651c01579ede159bf4c944bd94a422030f3d6e285a86670d92fde10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: e88982f54130a025c35edb01f68e86adf0bb1a8708c07352709813096a9bdda2
s390x
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c9fc4f133ba22a2b9c0e0a7c5cea1ac6fc5f6e045cb6d0791b24f31a275b467c
s390
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: ac10a87825c1ae89ad6221ef8ef2ed1ae6dacf3b2a243c2aabb06a827ac1f610

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: e88982f54130a025c35edb01f68e86adf0bb1a8708c07352709813096a9bdda2
s390x
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c9fc4f133ba22a2b9c0e0a7c5cea1ac6fc5f6e045cb6d0791b24f31a275b467c
s390
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: ac10a87825c1ae89ad6221ef8ef2ed1ae6dacf3b2a243c2aabb06a827ac1f610

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 03eea664758cbc2acf857d5eb03c6e0e5c0b7529b66fe899fb04d6303e30a058
ppc
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 976c17690817efcb276a3ff12c9388b17cc87d2ec8a8e2454e5e7e36abe33735

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: e88982f54130a025c35edb01f68e86adf0bb1a8708c07352709813096a9bdda2
ppc
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 2d266065483b8f359454fa1094901828994fb3c3bb165987ed5a7f5a3138c602

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: e88982f54130a025c35edb01f68e86adf0bb1a8708c07352709813096a9bdda2
ppc
foomatic-3.0.2-3.2.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 2d266065483b8f359454fa1094901828994fb3c3bb165987ed5a7f5a3138c602

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 03eea664758cbc2acf857d5eb03c6e0e5c0b7529b66fe899fb04d6303e30a058
x86_64
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8c7bb2f6a071e45d7253a5c736fa5b7b968328174bedb90052d529fff7508bb4
i386
foomatic-3.0.2-38.3.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d420bbb6cc032ba604866ccf0cc018dc7681c0479ca2a99240787912496ca465

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