Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54098
Category:	SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:	SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2003:028 (cups)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory SUSE-SA:2003:028. The well known Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) was found vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service attack. The CUPS daemon will stop serving clients if the second carriage return in a request is not sent to complete the header. Since the vulnerability occurs before any authorization or address verification there is no other workaround than shutting down the CUPS server. Solution: To be sure the update takes effect you have to restart the CUPS daemon by executing the following command as root: rccups try-restart Update your system with the packages as indicated in the referenced security advisory. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SUSE-SA:2003:028 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 5.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0195 BugTraq ID: 7637 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7637 Bugtraq: 20030529 [slackware-security] CUPS DoS vulnerability fixed (SSA:2003-149-01) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105427288724449&w=2 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLSA-2003:678 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000678 Debian Security Information: DSA-317 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-317 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:062 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-171.html SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2003:028 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_028.html TurboLinux Advisory: TLSA-2003-33 http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-33.txt
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