CUPS Cupsd Request Method Denial Of Service Vulnerability Solution:
The vendor has released patches to address this issue.
Conectiva has released advisory CLA-2003:702 to address this issue. Further information regarding obtaining and applying fixes can be found in the referenced advisory.
Conectiva has released an advisory (CLSA-2003:678) and fixes to address this issue. See referenced advisory for further detail.
SuSE has released security advisory (SuSE-SA:2003:028) to address this issue. Fixes are available below.
Red Hat has released security advisory RHSA-2003:171-01 to address this issue. Fixes are available below.
Turbolinux has released an advisory (TLSA-2003-33) to address this issue. Turbolinux have advised customers to use the turbopkg tool to apply the update. See attached advisory for further details relating to obtaining and applying fixes.
Mandrake has release advisory MDKSA-2003:062 to address this issue. See referenced advisory for fix information.
Debian has released an advisory (DSA 317-1) to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.
Gentoo has released advisory 200306-09. Affected users are advised to perform the following actions:
emerge sync
emerge cups
emerge clean
Slackware Linux -current
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.10
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.12
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.14
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.15
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.16
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.18
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.19
Easy Software Products CUPS 1.1.6
Terra Soft Solutions Yellow Dog Linux 3.0
RedHat Linux 7.3 i386
RedHat Linux 8.0 i386
Slackware Linux 8.1
RedHat Linux 9.0 i386
Slackware Linux 9.0
