__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN CUPS Information Leak [Debian Security Advisory DSA 566-1] October 14, 2004 17:00 GMT Number P-014 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, contains a vulnerability that may lead to disclosure of sensitive information. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody DAMAGE: The information leak may lead to disclosure of sensitive information such as user names and passwords that are written into log files. SOLUTION: Apply the available package updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is LOW. Possible disclosure of information through log ASSESSMENT: files. Reading of log files requires local access and elevated privileges. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-014.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-566 CVE/CAN: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CAN-2004-0923 ______________________________________________________________________________ [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA 566-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-566-1 cupsys -- unsanitised input Date Reported: 14 Oct 2004 Affected Packages: cupsys Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2004-0923. CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#557062. More information: An information leak has been detected in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, which may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information, such as user names and passwords which are written into log files. The used patch only eliminates the authentication information in the device URI which is logged in the error_log file. It does not eliminate the URI from the environment and process table, which is why the CUPS developers recommend that system administrators do not code authentication information in device URIs in the first place. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.14-5woody7. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.20final+rc1-9. We recommend that you upgrade your CUPS package. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5woody7.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5woody7.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14.orig.tar.gz Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.1.14-5 woody7_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_1.1.14-5 woody7_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.1.14-5 woody7_alpha.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.1.14-5 woody7_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_1.1.14-5 woody7_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2- dev_1.1.14-5woody7_arm.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.1.14-5 woody7_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_ 1.1.14-5woody7_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2- dev_1.1.14-5woody7_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.1.14-5 woody7_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_ 1.1.14-5woody7_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2- dev_1.1.14-5woody7_ia64.deb HPPA: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_ 1.1.14-5woody7_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_ 1.1.14-5woody7_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2- dev_1.1.14-5woody7_hppa.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_ 1.1.14-5woody7_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_ 1.1.14-5woody7_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_ 1.1.14-5woody7_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2- dev_1.1.14-5woody7_m68k.deb Big endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.1.14-5 woody7_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_ 1.1.14-5woody7_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2- dev_1.1.14-5woody7_mips.deb Little endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.1.14-5 woody7_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_ 1.1.14-5woody7_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2- dev_1.1.14-5woody7_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_ 1.1.14-5woody7_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_ 1.1.14-5woody7_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2- dev_1.1.14-5woody7_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.1.14-5 woody7_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster _1.1.14-5woody7_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.1.14-5 woody7_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys_1.1.14-5 woody7_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-bsd_1.1.14-5 woody7_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-client_1.1.14-5 woody7_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/cupsys-pstoraster_1.1.14-5 woody7_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2_1.1.14-5 woody7_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cupsys/libcupsys2-dev_1.1.14-5 woody7_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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