From secure@CONECTIVA.COM.BR Mon Mar 19 19:28:19 2001 From: secure@CONECTIVA.COM.BR To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 12:22:41 -0300 Subject: [BUGTRAQ] [CLA-2001:384] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - cups -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : cups SUMMARY : Several vulnerabilities in the cups package DATE : 2001-03-16 12:22:00 ID : CLA-2001:384 RELEVANT RELEASES : 6.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION "cups" is one of the printing systems distributed with Conectiva Linux 6.0 (previous versions do not have this package). During an internal audit of the cups package, SuSe has found several local and remote vulnerabilities, including buffer overflows and insecure temporary file handling. Please note that "cups" is not installed by default on Conectiva Linux 6.0. SOLUTION It is recommended that all users of the "cups" printing system upgrade the package. DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/cups-1.1.6-6cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/cups-1.1.6-6cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/cups-libs-1.1.6-6cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/cups-doc-1.1.6-6cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/cups-devel-static-1.1.6-6cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/cups-devel-1.1.6-6cl.i386.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform upgrades of RPM packages: - add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet (you may also use linuxconf to do this): rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates (replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0) - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6si/A42jd0JmAcZARAsiJAJ0bj05t3KPznR31sLu4K6WHLfj/wwCggKyH iUAiokWaUmJ1na1RPU7e5+0= =1hhY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----