Issued:
2011-08-23
Updated:
2011-08-23

RHSA-2011:1196 - Moderate: system-config-printer security update

Synopsis

Moderate: system-config-printer security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated system-config-printer packages that fix one security issue are 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

system-config-printer is a print queue configuration tool with a graphical user interface.

It was found that system-config-printer did not properly sanitize NetBIOS and workgroup names when searching for network printers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running system-config-printer. (CVE-2011-2899)

All users of system-config-printer are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. Running instances of system-config-printer must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4i386
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4i386

Updated Packages

  • system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.src.rpm
  • system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390x.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390x.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ppc.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
  • system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ppc.rpm
  • system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information