Debian Security Advisory
DSA-524-1 rlpr -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 19 Jun 2004
- Affected Packages:
- rlpr
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 10578.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0393, CVE-2004-0454. - More information:
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jaguar@felinemenace.org discovered a format string vulnerability in rlpr, a utility for lpd printing without using /etc/printcap. While investigating this vulnerability, a buffer overflow was also discovered in related code. By exploiting one of these vulnerabilities, a local or remote user could potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of 1) the rlprd process (remote), or 2) root (local).
CAN-2004-0393: format string vulnerability via syslog(3) in msg() function in rlpr
CAN-2004-0454: buffer overflow in msg() function in rlpr
For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 2.02-7woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your rlpr package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/r/rlpr/rlpr_2.02-7woody1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.