- Issued:
- 2009-06-03
- Updated:
- 2009-06-03
RHSA-2009:1082 - Important: cups security update
Synopsis
Important: cups security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Important
Topic
Updated cups packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Description
The Common UNIX(r) Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for UNIX operating systems. The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) allows users to print and manage printing-related tasks over a network.
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the CUPS IPP routine, used for processing incoming IPP requests for the CUPS scheduler. An attacker could use this flaw to send specially-crafted IPP requests that would crash the cupsd daemon. (CVE-2009-0949)
Red Hat would like to thank Anibal Sacco from Core Security Technologies for reporting this issue.
Users of cups are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this 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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| 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 from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- cups-lpd-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.i386.rpm
- cups-libs-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.x86_64.rpm
- cups-lpd-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.s390x.rpm
- cups-libs-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ia64.rpm
- cups-lpd-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ia64.rpm
- cups-libs-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ppc64.rpm
- cups-libs-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.s390x.rpm
- cups-devel-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.s390.rpm
- cups-libs-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.s390.rpm
- cups-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ia64.rpm
- cups-devel-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.s390x.rpm
- cups-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.i386.rpm
- cups-devel-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.x86_64.rpm
- cups-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.src.rpm
- cups-lpd-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.x86_64.rpm
- cups-lpd-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ppc.rpm
- cups-devel-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ia64.rpm
- cups-devel-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.i386.rpm
- cups-devel-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ppc64.rpm
- cups-libs-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ppc.rpm
- cups-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.x86_64.rpm
- cups-devel-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ppc.rpm
- cups-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.s390x.rpm
- cups-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.ppc.rpm
- cups-libs-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.i386.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.