Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:03:35 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: zbigniew szalbot <zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org> Cc: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cups-base problem Message-ID: <20071110100335.GA7099@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4735775B.2020105@szalbot.homedns.org> References: <473570FC.7070002@szalbot.homedns.org> <4735766A.2020806@gmail.com> <4735775B.2020105@szalbot.homedns.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:18:19AM +0100, zbigniew szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > Aryeh M. Friedman pisze: >> > I am not sure I understand the message about remote execution of >> > arbitrary code. >> That is just saying that if the security issue is a problem for you >> don't upgrade (i.e. go ahead if you don't care). >> > Thanks but I think I now understand even less :) > If a security issue is a problem, don't upgrade??? Apparently there is a bug in this port that would allow an attacker from outside to make cupsd execute his malicious code. Therefore installation of this port is forbidden as a precaution until a fix is available. But if you have a firewall that rejects incomming connections or if you have cupsd set up to deny all connections but local ones this bug presumably cannot affect you. > Not sure also how one could go ahead? There is no option to continue. The > message appears and that's all. I am not given any option. Upgrade the port once it is fixed. In the meantime block incoming connections either in cupsd.conf or with your firewall. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHNYH3EnfvsMMhpyURAkquAJ9+luAWvrRw5Kz3M3jC9bZLZqx4dwCfbGDp /vvyKn8zV0pZGy3CrTb5tT4= =AK9R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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