Support / Security / Advisories / Mandrakelinux 6.0 / MDKSA-2000:054

Package name: lpr
Date: 2000-10-04
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:054
Affected versions: 6.1 i586 , 6.0 i586 , 7.0 i586 , 7.1 i586

Problem description

There is a format string bug in lpr with its calls to the syslog facility. There are no known exploits at ths time, but it may be possible for a user to gain local root access. This new lpr fixes this problem.

Updated packages

6.1 i586

 128b012e397473163c1e2c1ed4b78806  6.1/RPMS/lpr-0.50-3mdk.i586.rpm
6026033d4fe19be43694a653d495af0a  6.1/SRPMS/lpr-0.50-3mdk.src.rpm

6.0 i586

 d19963294f539c64a4e852fb3f1f8c89  6.0/RPMS/lpr-0.50-3mdk.i586.rpm
6026033d4fe19be43694a653d495af0a  6.0/SRPMS/lpr-0.50-3mdk.src.rpm

7.0 i586

 0ce870aa142c3482bdd0ad7b72a422c1  7.0/RPMS/lpr-0.50-3mdk.i586.rpm
6026033d4fe19be43694a653d495af0a  7.0/SRPMS/lpr-0.50-3mdk.src.rpm

7.1 i586

 6d82c047a905fea7edecc9bed347eae0  7.1/RPMS/lpr-0.50-3mdk.i586.rpm
6026033d4fe19be43694a653d495af0a  7.1/SRPMS/lpr-0.50-3mdk.src.rpm