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OpenLinux: cups denial of service vulnerability



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                        SCO Security Advisory

Subject:                OpenLinux: cups denial of service vulnerability
Advisory number:        CSSA-2004-012.0
Issue date:             2004 March 03
Cross reference:        sr887386 fz528509 erg712497 CAN-2003-0788
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1. Problem Description

        Unknown vulnerability in the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
        implementation in CUPS before 1.1.19 allows remote attackers to
        cause a denial of service via certain inputs to the IPP port. 

        The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
        has assigned the name CAN-2003-0788 to this issue.


2. Vulnerable Supported Versions

        System                          Package
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        OpenLinux 3.1.1 Server          prior to cups-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
                                        prior to cups-devel-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
                                        prior to cups-libs-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm

        OpenLinux 3.1.1 Workstation     prior to cups-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
                                        prior to cups-devel-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
                                        prior to cups-libs-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm


3. Solution

        The proper solution is to install the latest packages.  This patch 
        obsoletes two cups rpm packages namely cups-client and cups-ppd.  
        These packages need to be removed from the system. 

        To remove cups-client and cups-ppd from your system, as the root 
        user issue the following commands:

        #rpm -e cups-client
        #rpm -e cups-ppd

        Note: Warning messages about directories not removed is expected.
        
        After the two obsoleted packages are removed, you can install the 
        updated packages manually or use the Caldera System Updater, 
        called cupdate (or kcupdate under the KDE environment).


4. OpenLinux 3.1.1 Server

        4.1 Package Location

        
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-012.0/RPMS

        4.2 Packages

        dd11d44b98062be3cf02023e647b5ec8        cups-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
        94adce8cea263d4d5fa9ed24f9c269d4        cups-devel-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
        5b9a9ebee31a22c9eea412f0453316c2        cups-libs-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm

        4.3 Installation

        rpm -Fvh cups-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
        rpm -Fvh cups-devel-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
        rpm -Fvh cups-libs-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm

        4.4 Source Package Location

        
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-012.0/SRPMS

        4.5 Source Packages

        93c8d369c251667a3c1cef458d855a9d        cups-1.1.20-1.src.rpm


5. OpenLinux 3.1.1 Workstation

        5.1 Package Location

        
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-012.0/RPMS

        5.2 Packages

        88e5b7473c89a7508d59e03aa7cdb8cf        cups-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
        8884706cafa18004acf4f409acdd0b3a        cups-devel-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
        a588bcafea49cb3c816a0cbf39684250        cups-libs-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm

        5.3 Installation

        rpm -Fvh cups-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
        rpm -Fvh cups-devel-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm
        rpm -Fvh cups-libs-1.1.20-1.i386.rpm

        5.4 Source Package Location

        
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-012.0/SRPMS

        5.5 Source Packages

        5ade3a153244bbbe26c802b4e8650520        cups-1.1.20-1.src.rpm


6. References

        Specific references for this advisory:
                http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0788


        SCO security resources:
                http://www.sco.com/support/security/index.html

        This security fix closes SCO incidents sr887386 fz528509
        erg712497.


7. Disclaimer

        SCO is not responsible for the misuse of any of the information
        we provide on this website and/or through our security
        advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended
        to promote secure installation and use of SCO products.


8. Acknowledgements

        SCO would like to thank Paul Mitcheson

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