- Issued:
- 2005-09-28
- Updated:
- 2005-09-28
RHBA-2005:631 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
cups bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated CUPS packages that fix several bugs are now available.
Description
The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for
UNIX(R) operating systems.
Due to an uninitialised variable in the scheduler request handling code,
multiple unwanted copies of a job may be printed.
The print job indicator, eggcups, can cause a large number of log entries
to be written by the scheduler.
A race condition in the scheduler could trigger a deadlock for some types
of backend.
A race condition could cause the scheduler to crash when reloading.
A race condition in handling backends and filters could cause failed jobs
to be lost.
The French language CUPS web interface contained incorrect links .
The scheduler would retain a connection even when an unrecoverable protocol
error had been seen, and this could cause service-error-service-unavailable
errors for future requests.
Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 138123 - multiple unwanted copies of print jobs sent by lp and lpr
- BZ - 142320 - eggcups polls cupsServer() every 5 seconds
- BZ - 146850 - [PATCH] cupsd segfault when SIGCHLD received
- BZ - 153065 - Disappearing printjobs/cups backend error handling
- BZ - 161952 - cups command may output "service-error-service-unavailable" error message
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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