Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: LPRng security update

The LPRng print spooler, as shipped in Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1, accepts all remote print jobs by default. Updated LPRng packages are available to fix this issue. With its default configuration, LPRng will accept job submissions from any host, which is not appropriate in a workstation...

CVE-2002-0378

The default configuration of LPRng print spooler in Red Hat Linux 7.0 through 7.3, Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2, and other operating systems, accepts print jobs from arbitrary remote hosts...

CVE-2002-0003

Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing system...

CVE-2002-0003

CVE-2002-0003 describes a buffer overflow in the groff preprocessor (groff 1.16 and earlier) that can allow remote attackers to gain privileges via the LPRng printing system when groff is invoked through lpd. The vulnerability affects the preprocessor and can enable privilege escalation to the lp...

CVE-2002-0378

The default configuration of LPRng print spooler in Red Hat Linux 7.0 through 7.3, Mandrake 8.1 and 8.2, and other operating systems, accepts print jobs from arbitrary remote hosts...

CVE-2002-0378

The CVE-2002-0378 issue concerns the LPRng print spooler defaulting to accept print jobs from arbitrary remote hosts in Red Hat Linux 7.0–7.3, Mandrake 8.1–8.2, and similar OSes. Connected advisories (e.g., RHSA-2002:120, RHSA-2002:089, MDKSA-2002:042) document that the default policy allowed rem...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Relaxed LPRng job submission policy

The LPRng print spooler, as shipped in Red Hat Linux 7.x, accepts all remote print jobs by default. 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...

CVE-2000-0615

LPRng 3.6.x improperly installs lpd as setuid root, which can allow local users to append lpd trace and logging messages to files...

CVE-2000-0615

CVE-2000-0615 : LPRng 3.6.x improperly installs lpd as setuid root, allowing local users to append lpd trace and logging messages to files. The connected documents confirm the vulnerability is a local privilege issue tied to the lpd binary running with root privileges. No explicit exploit details...

CVE-2001-0787

LPRng in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and 7.1 does not properly drop memberships in supplemental groups when lowering privileges, which could allow a local user to elevate privileges...

CVE-2001-0787

CVE-2001-0787 affects LPRng in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and 7.1, where dropping privileges does not remove supplemental group memberships. The underlying issue is that LPRng fails to drop these group memberships when lowering privileges, so the process and its children may retain the starting process’s ...

CVE-2002-0003

Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing system...

CVE-2001-0787

LPRng in Red Hat Linux 7.0 and 7.1 does not properly drop memberships in supplemental groups when lowering privileges, which could allow a local user to elevate privileges...

Выполнение кода через LPRng (code execution)

При конфертации TeX файла не включается безопасный режим, что позволяет выполнение макрокоманд...

teTeX 1.0.7 - Filters Temporary File Race Condition

/ source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974/info teTeX is a TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems. A race condition vulnerability exists in the temporary file handling method used by some teTeX filters. The problem exists because in some cases temporary files are created world-writeab...

teTeX 1.0.7 - Filters Temporary File Race Condition

teTeX 1.0.7 - Filters Temporary File Race Condition / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974/info teTeX is a TeX distribution for UNIX compatible systems. A race condition vulnerability exists in the temporary file handling method used by some teTeX filters. The problem exists because in...

LPRng + tetex tmpfile race - uid lp exploit

If the tetex package and LPRng are installed, there is an exploitable race condition with a tmp file that allows elevation of privs. It's fixed in rawhide, but that doesn't really help people who just use the provided up2date program to keep themselves secure. / Redhat 7.0 LPRng-3.7.4-23 and...

Проблема символьных линков в LPRng + TeTeX (symbolic link)

Проблема символьных лдинков дает возможность получить euid/egid lp...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : LPRng fails to drop supplemental group membership

When LPRng drops uid and gid, it fails to drop membership in its supplemental groups. LPRng fails to drop supplemental group membership at init time, though it does properly setuid and setgid. The result is that LPRng, and its children, maintain any supplemental groups that the process starting...

LPRng 3.6.x - Failure To Drop Supplementary Groups

LPRng 3.6.x - Failure To Drop Supplementary Groups / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2865/info The LPRng software is an enhanced, extended, and portable implementation of the Berkeley LPR print spooler functionality. When the LPRng daemon is initialized, it fails to drop its supplementa...