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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: system-config-printer security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:1196-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1196.html
Issue date: 2011-08-23
CVE Names: CVE-2011-2899
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1. Summary:
Updated system-config-printer packages that fix one security issue are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
3. Description:
system-config-printer is a print queue configuration tool with a graphical
user interface.
It was found that system-config-printer did not properly sanitize NetBIOS
and workgroup names when searching for network printers. A remote attacker
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running system-config-printer. (CVE-2011-2899)
All users of system-config-printer are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. Running
instances of system-config-printer must be restarted for this update to
take effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
728348 - CVE-2011-2899 system-config-printer: possible arbitrary code execution in pysmb.py due to improper escaping of hostnames
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.src.rpm
i386:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ppc.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ppc.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390x.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390x.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.src.rpm
i386:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.src.rpm
i386:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.src.rpm
i386:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
system-config-printer-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.6.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm
i386:
system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
x86_64:
system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.src.rpm
i386:
system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
ia64:
system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
ppc:
system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
s390x:
system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
system-config-printer-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-debuginfo-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
system-config-printer-libs-0.7.32.10-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-2899.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
