UnixWare 7.1.4 : vulnerability in foomatic-rip in Foomatic before 3.0.2 allows local users or remote attackers with access to CUPS to execute arbitrary commands
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SCO Security Advisory
Subject: UnixWare 7.1.4 : vulnerability in foomatic-rip in
Foomatic before 3.0.2 allows local users or remote attackers with access to
CUPS to execute arbitrary commands
Advisory number: SCOSA-2005.12
Issue date: 2005 February 07
Cross reference: sr891400 fz530505 erg712704 CAN-2004-0801
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1. Problem Description
Unknown vulnerability in foomatic-rip in Foomatic before
3.0.2 allows local users or remote attackers with access
to CUPS to execute arbitrary commands
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CAN-2004-0801 to this issue.
2. Vulnerable Supported Versions
System Binaries
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UnixWare 7.1.4 /usr/bin/foomatic-gswrapper
/usr/bin/foomatic-rip
3. Solution
The proper solution is to install the latest packages.
4. UnixWare 7.1.4
4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.12
4.2 Verification
MD5 (erg712704.pkg) = af69594469448a198e30945ff1b975b3
md5 is available for download from
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/tools
4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries
Upgrade the affected binaries with the following sequence:
Download erg712704.pkg to the /var/spool/pkg directory
# pkgadd -d /var/spool/pkg/erg712704.pkg
5. References
Specific references for this advisory:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0801
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17388
SCO security resources:
http://www.sco.com/support/security/index.html
SCO security advisories via email
http://www.sco.com/support/forums/security.html
This security fix closes SCO incidents sr891400 fz530505
erg712704.
6. 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.
7. Acknowledgments
SCO would like to thank the SuSE Security Team.
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