Issued:
2010-03-03
Updated:
2010-03-03

RHSA-2010:0129 - Moderate: cups security update


Synopsis

Moderate: cups security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

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 moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

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

It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1595 did not fully correct the use-after-free flaw in the way CUPS handled references in its file descriptors-handling interface. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted queries to the CUPS server, causing it to crash. (CVE-2010-0302)

Users of cups are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. 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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.s390.rpm
  • cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.s390x.rpm
  • cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.src.rpm
  • cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.s390x.rpm
  • cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ia64.rpm
  • cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ia64.rpm
  • cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ia64.rpm
  • cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.x86_64.rpm
  • cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.s390x.rpm
  • cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ppc.rpm
  • cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.i386.rpm
  • cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ia64.rpm
  • cups-lpd-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.x86_64.rpm
  • cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.x86_64.rpm
  • cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ppc.rpm
  • cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.x86_64.rpm
  • cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ppc.rpm
  • cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ppc.rpm
  • cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.s390.rpm
  • cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.s390x.rpm
  • cups-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.i386.rpm
  • cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ppc64.rpm
  • cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.i386.rpm
  • cups-devel-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.ppc64.rpm
  • cups-libs-1.3.7-11.el5_4.6.i386.rpm

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