LPRNG html2ps Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:6079

Info

LPRNG html2ps Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6079
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1275
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 31 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 06:06PM
Credit: Vulnerability announced in a SuSE advisory.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0
SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0
SGI IRIX 6.5.22
SGI IRIX 6.5.21 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.21 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.20 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.20 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.19 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.19 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.18 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.18 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.17 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.17 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.16
SGI IRIX 6.5.15
SGI IRIX 6.5.14
SGI IRIX 6.5.13
SGI IRIX 6.5.12
SGI IRIX 6.5.11
SGI IRIX 6.5.10
SGI IRIX 6.5.9
SGI IRIX 6.5.8
SGI IRIX 6.5.7
SGI IRIX 6.5.6
SGI IRIX 6.5.5
SGI IRIX 6.5.4
SGI IRIX 6.5.3
SGI IRIX 6.5.2
SGI IRIX 6.5.1
SGI IRIX 6.5
html2ps html2ps 1.0 b3
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
+ SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.3
+ SuSE Linux 7.3
html2ps html2ps 1.0 b2
html2ps html2ps 1.0 B1
+ SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

LPRNG html2ps Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the html2ps filter which is included in the lprng print system.

It has been reported that it is possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The attacker must reportedly already have access to the 'lp' (or equivalent) account to exploit this condition.

This cause of this vulnerability is that html2ps may open files using unsanitized input that may be supplied by a potentially malicious user.

Exploit / POC

LPRNG html2ps Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Exploit code has been published:

Solution / Fix

LPRNG html2ps Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
SGI has released advisory 20040104-01-P to address this issue. Patch 5424 will be released for IRIX versions later than 6.5.17. Users should upgrade to one of these versions and then apply the patch when it is available. Further details can be found in the attached advisory.

Fixes are available:


html2ps html2ps 1.0 b3

html2ps html2ps 1.0 B1

SuSE Linux 7.0

SuSE Linux 7.1

SuSE Linux 7.2

SuSE Linux 7.3

SuSE Linux 8.0

SuSE Linux 8.1

References

LPRNG html2ps Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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