Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : LPRng (MDKSA-2002:042)

Matthew Caron pointed out that using the LPRng default configuration, the lpd daemon will accept job submissions from any remote host. These updated LPRng packages modify the job submission policy in /etc/lpd.perms to refuse print jobs from remote hosts by default. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

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...