| Summary: | The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:0308.;;The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer;for UNIX operating systems.;;The CUPS security advisory, RHSA-2008:0937, stated that it fixed;CVE-2008-3640 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. It was discovered;this flaw was not properly fixed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, however.;(CVE-2009-0577);;These new packages contain a proper fix for CVE-2008-3640 on Red Hat;Enterprise Linux 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 already contain the;appropriate fix for this flaw and do not need to be updated.;;Users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a;backported patch to correct this issue. |
| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:0308.
The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer
for UNIX operating systems.
The CUPS security advisory, RHSA-2008:0937, stated that it fixed
CVE-2008-3640 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. It was discovered
this flaw was not properly fixed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, however.
(CVE-2009-0577)
These new packages contain a proper fix for CVE-2008-3640 on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 already contain the
appropriate fix for this flaw and do not need to be updated.
Users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct this issue.
Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
CVSS Score:
6.8
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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