S-196: Cups Security Update


 
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Old 02-25-2008
S-196: Cups Security Update

A flaw was found in the way CUPS handles the addition and removal of remote shared printers via IPP. The risk is LOW. A remote attacker could send malicious UDP IPP packets causing the CUPS daemon to crash.


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cupsd(8)						      Easy Software Products							  cupsd(8)

NAME
cupsd - common unix printing system daemon SYNOPSIS
cupsd [ -c config-file ] [ -f ] [ -F ] DESCRIPTION
cupsd is the scheduler for the Common UNIX Printing System. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol, ver- sion 1.1. If no options are specified on the command-line then the default configuration file (usually /etc/cups/cupsd.conf) will be used. The -f option forces cupsd to run in the foreground; the default is to run in the background as a "daemon". The -F option forces cupsd to run in the foreground but detaches the process from the controlling terminal and current directory. This is useful for running cupsd from init. COMPATIBILITY
cupsd implements all of the required IPP/1.1 attributes and operations. It also implements several CUPS-specific administation operations. SEE ALSO
backend(1), classes.conf(5), cupsd.conf(5), filter(1), mime.convs(5), mime.types(5), printers.conf(5), CUPS Implementation of IPP, CUPS Interface Design Description, CUPS Software Administrators Manual, http://localhost:631/documentation.html COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1993-2002 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. 18 July 2002 Common UNIX Printing System cupsd(8)