rhsa-2002_089
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2002-06-10 20:29
Modified
2024-11-21 22:22
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: : Relaxed LPRng job submission policy

Notes

Topic
The LPRng print spooler, as shipped in Red Hat Linux 7.x, accepts all remote print jobs by default.
Details
With its default configuration, LPRng will accept job submissions from any host, which is not appropriate in a workstation environment. We are grateful to Matthew Caron for pointing out this configuration problem. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2002-0378 to this issue. The updated packages from this advisory change the job submission policy (in /etc/lpd.perms) so that jobs from remote hosts are refused by default. Those running print servers may want to adjust this policy as appropriate, for example to give access to certain hosts or subnets. For details on how to do this see the lpd.perms(5) man page. Since Red Hat Linux 7.1, default installations include ipchains rules blocking remote access to the print spooler IP port; as a result those installations already reject remote job submissions. However, Red Hat Linux 7 machines and any machine upgraded to a later release (as opposed to having been freshly installed) will not have ipchains rules in place by default. IMPORTANT: There are special instructions for installing this update at the end of the "Solution" section below.
Terms of Use
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