RHSA-2009:0308: Important: cups security update

First published: Thu Feb 19 2009(Updated: )

The Common UNIX® Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer<br>for UNIX operating systems.<br>The CUPS security advisory, RHSA-2008:0937, stated that it fixed<br>CVE-2008-3640 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. It was discovered<br>this flaw was not properly fixed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, however.<br>(CVE-2009-0577)<br>These new packages contain a proper fix for CVE-2008-3640 on Red Hat<br>Enterprise Linux 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 already contain the<br>appropriate fix for this flaw and do not need to be updated.<br>Users of cups should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a<br>backported patch to correct this issue.

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