Mandrake alert: Updated cups packages fix Denial of Service vulnerability

Posted by dave on May 29, 2003 12:30 PM EDT
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A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in the CUPS printing system by Phil D'Amore of Red Hat. The IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) that CUPS uses is single-threaded and can only service one request at a time. A malicious user could create a partial request that does not time out and cause a Denial of Service condition where CUPS will not respond to other printing requests. This can only be done if the malicious user can create a TCP connection to the IPP port (631 by default).

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           cups
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:062
Date:                   May 29th, 2003

Affected versions:	8.2, 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1,
			Multi Network Firewall 8.2
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Problem Description:

 A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in the CUPS
 printing system by Phil D'Amore of Red Hat.  The IPP (Internet Printing
 Protocol) that CUPS uses is single-threaded and can only service one
 request at a time.  A malicious user could create a partial request
 that does not time out and cause a Denial of Service condition where
 CUPS will not respond to other printing requests.  This can only be
 done if the malicious user can create a TCP connection to the IPP
 port (631 by default).
 
 This vulnerability has been fixed upstream in CUPS 1.1.19 and packages
 of previous versions have been fixed to correct the problem.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0195
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Updated Packages:
  
 Corporate Server 2.1:
 b3ba2ee18760ac5d9809e041aba2eee4  corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 0688f1e88550b5ce64bec0e0914da27d  corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 366b811aad8de07815d10329c5433786  corporate/2.1/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 8c683620005f27a6b3befb988585a910  corporate/2.1/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 c323d8fdf5b419a05c9f0f467dbce512  corporate/2.1/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a63793f712c18b4c76d700d1f721fb51  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2:
 eca229779336133535e9b52c3cc37e9a  8.2/RPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 29bd4ca6b952922bda989652be4e28c3  8.2/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 7594e587a714a6b8992e5ab67b465e71  8.2/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 2dadafa732f422accec3ab602573edf8  8.2/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 4e8374bb571406e241851a462f697544  8.2/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a63793f712c18b4c76d700d1f721fb51  8.2/SRPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC:
 f59c6a608e26547694ba9539d6464df1  ppc/8.2/RPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 48864ae302fd81e05b5caf8442bafd46  ppc/8.2/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.18-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 b6f10aeca0daf9b03af2983bc220f42a  ppc/8.2/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.18-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 af4e19bf5bc78d4ac350c1d818f1fcee  ppc/8.2/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.18-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 042e409b74c2c1a0f983c7c65d7e0b9e  ppc/8.2/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.18-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 a63793f712c18b4c76d700d1f721fb51  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.0:
 b3ba2ee18760ac5d9809e041aba2eee4  9.0/RPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 0688f1e88550b5ce64bec0e0914da27d  9.0/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 366b811aad8de07815d10329c5433786  9.0/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 8c683620005f27a6b3befb988585a910  9.0/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 c323d8fdf5b419a05c9f0f467dbce512  9.0/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a63793f712c18b4c76d700d1f721fb51  9.0/SRPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.1:
 c275cd4eceb4620a474a3d395976a772  9.1/RPMS/cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 fd12a1ef5dec1ba7256a6bc389282ca8  9.1/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.19-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 365ab853bcb0dc42bf13dbd8e32db640  9.1/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.19-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 d620d27c9783bafb1c096d00d9c6d947  9.1/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.19-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 0181c33d882a27d0f7a260131b12213d  9.1/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.19-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 2a6f8e1a093a14bc1a2bd44e4e0c6dd8  9.1/SRPMS/cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
 b4f6f4686875620087e4baeade962f66  ppc/9.1/RPMS/cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 f3462d6148c824df0bf75e6ac81a5565  ppc/9.1/RPMS/cups-common-1.1.19-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 ee90c2f8c2a8d7f8be701fe8ae785060  ppc/9.1/RPMS/cups-serial-1.1.19-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 da421b90fbacd4f85c7761c87059e572  ppc/9.1/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.19-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 db2f18a7dec3091df1dba512cc9052dc  ppc/9.1/RPMS/libcups1-devel-1.1.19-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 2a6f8e1a093a14bc1a2bd44e4e0c6dd8  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/cups-1.1.19-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Multi Network Firewall 8.2:
 2dadafa732f422accec3ab602573edf8  mnf8.2/RPMS/libcups1-1.1.18-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a63793f712c18b4c76d700d1f721fb51  mnf8.2/SRPMS/cups-1.1.18-2.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <security linux-mandrake.com>

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