system-config-printer Package Romanian Translation Insecure Configuration Weakness

Bugtraq ID:	34161
Class:	Design Error
CVE:
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Mar 11 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 18 2009 06:36PM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	system-config-printer system-config-printer 1.1.3 system-config-printer system-config-printer 1.0 Pardus Linux 2008 0 Debian Linux 5.0 sparc Debian Linux 5.0 s/390 Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel Debian Linux 5.0 mips Debian Linux 5.0 m68k Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 5.0 hppa Debian Linux 5.0 armel Debian Linux 5.0 arm Debian Linux 5.0 amd64 Debian Linux 5.0 alpha Debian Linux 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

system-config-printer Package Romanian Translation Insecure Configuration Weakness

The 'system-config-printer' package is prone to a security weakness that may result in unsafe printer access configurations.

This weakness may cause unsuspecting users to set up unsafe printer configurations, resulting in a false sense of security. This may lead to other attacks.

system-config-printer Package Romanian Translation Insecure Configuration Weakness

A specific exploit is not required. Since printer settings may be misconfigured, the resources may become available to unauthorized attackers.

system-config-printer Package Romanian Translation Insecure Configuration Weakness

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for more information.

system-config-printer Package Romanian Translation Insecure Configuration Weakness

References:

• [system-config-printer] Romanian translation confuses 'Allow' and 'Deny' (Debian)
  
• system-config-printer Homepage (system-config-printer)