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Slackware alert SSA:2004-266-01 (cups)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] CUPS DoS (SSA:2004-266-01) New CUPS packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a denial of service issue where a malformed packet can crash the CUPS server. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0558 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to cups-1.1.21. This fixes a flaw where a remote attacker can crash the CUPS server causing a denial of service. For more details, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0558 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patch... Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 9.1 package: b3f16be12546c626071281bc17e11739 cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 6cca53545b2ea2d260a3ad4f55e22153 cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz Slackware -current package: 01cc7de97fd7f6d51c3803b5c286dcff cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ First, if the CUPS server (cupsd) is running, stop it: . /etc/rc.d/rc.cups stop Then upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): upgradepkg cups-1.1.21-i486-1.tgz Finally, restart cupsd (if needed): . /etc/rc.d/rc.cups start +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBUeKnakRjwEAQIjMRAiE5AKCMKmhtlEO2jRQJefBbiIoYtN9TuQCgiqDX jGqrQQQUjjxlPEKnPjFaULw= =ezcQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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