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TITLE:
Red Hat update for system-config-printer

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45744

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-08-25

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DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for system-config-printer. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input sanitation error when
processing NetBIOS names while searching for network printers, which
can be exploited to inject and execute shell commands.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.

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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2011:1196-1:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1196.html

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