Security update for CUPS
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(Last modified: 02SEP2004)
solutions Security update for CUPS SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (c5b0b422e8d7e48a178aced6fe723b75)
cups-libs
cups-client
cups-devel
foomatic-filters
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Patch: patch-9330
Release: 20040902
Obsoletes: none
- A Bug in cupsomatic/foomatic-filters that allowed remote printer users to execute arbitrary commands as the uid of the printer daemon has been fixed (CAN-2004-0801)
- A Bug that would allow a denial of service condition in the network browsing code has been fixed (CAN-2004-0558)
rpm -Fvh cups.rpm cups-libs.rpm cups-client.rpm cups-devel.rpm foomatic-filters.rpm
After the update please restart CUPS by issuing:
rccups restart
Download Source Packages
Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.
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