bugzilla@redhat.com
2001-Oct-31 23:00 UTC
[RHSA-2001:138-10] Comprehensive Printing Update
--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Comprehensive Printing Update Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:138-10 Issue date: 2001-10-22 Updated on: 2001-10-31 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: Omni printing ghostscript foomatic printconf Cross references: Obsoletes: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: A collection of security fixes, bug fixes, and functionality updates, including the Omni print drivers from IBM. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386 3. Problem description: This update addresses the following issues: A printing security hole, whereby non-local users could print the contents of any file on the system which the 'lp' user was capable of reading. This was solved by giving Ghostscript a 'PARANOIDSAFER' mode, which will not open external files. A foomatic printing database bug, which caused all users of the 'stp' driver, including virtually all Epson printers, to fail to print as a result of miscalculated driver data. A filtration problem, which caused many PCL and PJL printers to produce garbage. This was solved by switching to the foomatic distributed 'lpdomatic' program for filtration. A few printconf crashers in the new printconf-tui programme. And in addition, this update adds the Omni print drivers from IBM, which support an additional 300 printers. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. After updating the rpms, you will need to restart your print server, by running: /sbin/service lpd restart Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/foomatic-1.1-0.20011018.3.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/ghostscript-6.51-16.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/Omni-0.5.0-4.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/printconf-0.3.52-1.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/foomatic-1.1-0.20011018.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/ghostscript-6.51-16.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/Omni-0.5.0-4.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/Omni-foomatic-0.5.0-4.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/printconf-0.3.52-1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/printconf-gui-0.3.52-1.i386.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- b5fb0f362d02b7603a6457f9f22c7805 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/Omni-0.5.0-4.src.rpm c5d165452bbfe1a0012f056312894c11 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/foomatic-1.1-0.20011018.3.src.rpm 835ebff65ba009ca2fe357d85d1a32bf 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/ghostscript-6.51-16.src.rpm 080116d5dd7f3808a0b480ec08ad3f75 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/printconf-0.3.52-1.src.rpm cfed0e7eb8816db262b2d7fdc8ea6c65 7.2/en/os/i386/Omni-0.5.0-4.i386.rpm 93f6ffeb3997ee63ccc8edb60c1d3b4c 7.2/en/os/i386/Omni-foomatic-0.5.0-4.i386.rpm 36dabdc01cae9f01f6b31ebc9d3c786e 7.2/en/os/i386/foomatic-1.1-0.20011018.3.i386.rpm 9ee8a1d12bbbe8e571262583bceb1dfa 7.2/en/os/i386/ghostscript-6.51-16.i386.rpm 66f6a934d31cd78ac7b51c3b2dc5e168 7.2/en/os/i386/printconf-0.3.52-1.i386.rpm 36562b52000f29159ac5f46f9afc1d80 7.2/en/os/i386/printconf-gui-0.3.52-1.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/pgpkey.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename> 8. References: Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ Redhat-watch-list mailing list To unsubscribe, visit: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list