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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..407d4c86 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200412-25"> + <title>CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in CUPS, ranging from local Denial + of Service attacks to the remote execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">CUPS</product> + <announced>December 28, 2004</announced> + <revised>January 12, 2005: 02</revised> + <bug>74479</bug> + <bug>75197</bug> + <bug>77023</bug> + <access>remote and local</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-print/cups" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.1.23</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.23</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is a cross-platform print + spooler, hpgltops is a CUPS filter handling printing of HPGL files and + lppasswd is a program used locally to manage spooler passwords. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + CUPS makes use of vulnerable Xpdf code to handle PDF files + (CAN-2004-1125). Furthermore, Ariel Berkman discovered a buffer + overflow in the ParseCommand function in hpgl-input.c in the hpgltops + program (CAN-2004-1267). Finally, Bartlomiej Sieka discovered several + problems in the lppasswd program: it ignores some write errors + (CAN-2004-1268), it can leave the passwd.new file in place + (CAN-2004-1269) and it does not verify that passwd.new file is + different from STDERR (CAN-2004-1270). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + The Xpdf and hpgltops vulnerabilities may be exploited by a remote + attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending specific print jobs to a + CUPS spooler. The lppasswd vulnerabilities may be exploited by a local + attacker to write data to the CUPS password file or deny further + password modifications. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-1.1.23"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1125">CAN-2004-1125</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1267">CAN-2004-1267</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1268">CAN-2004-1268</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1269">CAN-2004-1269</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1270">CAN-2004-1270</uri> + <uri link="http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups.txt">Ariel Berkman Advisory</uri> + <uri link="http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt">Bartlomiej Sieka Advisory</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:52:31 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:42:46 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:52:03 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |