oss-security - Re: CVE request: cups

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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:07:41 -0500
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
        Jonathan Smith <smithj@...ethemallocs.com>
cc: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: cups

> 
> OK, lets start actually using this list... below is an advisory from
> secunia detailing a cups DoS.
> 
> Steve, could we get a CVE assigned?
> 
> Attached is the patch upstream used to fix it (against 1.1.23, but it is
> the same for other versions, just with a different offset).
> 

The upstream bug:
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2656

claims this is a better patch:
http://www.cups.org/strfiles/2656/str2656.patch

-- 
    JB

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