Re: [bglug] RH9 ecco perchè...

[CRAZYBYTES computer - Luciano]

Anche io ho lo stesso problema.....

posso disintallare CUPS se non lo uso e risolvere questo DoS problem?????


Grazie
Luciano
----- Original Message -----
From: "Koan" <bglug@koansoftware.com>
To: "_BgLug" <bglug@lists.linux.it>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: [bglug] RH9 ecco perchè...


> la mia RH9 ogni tanto avviava qualcosa che mi assorbiva tutte le risorse.
>
> IPP at 100% processor doing nothing useful.
>
> Security Advisory - RHSA-2003:275-07
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> --
> Summary:
> Updated CUPS packages fix denial of service
>
> Updated CUPS packages that fix a problem where CUPS can hang are now
> available.
>
> Description:
> CUPS is a print spooler.
>
> Paul Mitcheson reported a situation where the CUPS Internet Printing
> Protocol (IPP) implementation in CUPS versions prior to 1.1.19 would get
> into a busy loop.  This could result in a denial of service.  In order to
> exploit this bug an attacker would need to have the ability to make a TCP
> connection to the IPP port (by default 631).
>
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