Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2007-1 cups -- format string vulnerability
- Date Reported:
- 03 Mar 2010
- Affected Packages:
- cups
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-0393.
- More information:
-
Ronald Volgers discovered that the lppasswd component of the cups suite, the Common UNIX Printing System, is vulnerable to format string attacks due to insecure use of the LOCALEDIR environment variable. An attacker can abuse this behaviour to execute arbitrary code via crafted localization files and triggering calls to _cupsLangprintf(). This works as the lppasswd binary happens to be installed with setuid 0 permissions.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.8-1+lenny8.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.2-9.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-common_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cupsys-common_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cupsys-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsys2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cupsys-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsys2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cupsys-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cupsys_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cupsys-common_1.3.8-1+lenny8_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_ia64.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-dbg_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcups2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2-dev_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups_1.3.8-1+lenny8_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.