GLSA 200410-06: CUPS: Leakage of sensitive information

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Severity:	normal
Title:	CUPS: Leakage of sensitive information
Date:	10/09/2004
Bugs:	#66501
ID:	200410-06

Synopsis

CUPS leaks information about user names and passwords when using remote printing to SMB-shared printers which require authentication.

Background

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is a cross-platform print spooler.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-print/cups	<= 1.1.20-r2	>= 1.1.20-r3	All supported architectures

Description

When printing to a SMB-shared printer requiring authentication, CUPS leaks the user name and password to a logfile.

Impact

A local user could gain knowledge of sensitive authentication data.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge sync

    # emerge -pv ">=net-print/cups-1.1.20-r3"
    # emerge ">=net-print/cups-1.1.20-r3"

References

CAN-2004-0923

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.