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Originally Published: Monday, 18 October 1999 Author: Quentin Cregan
Published to: news_enhance_security/Security News Page: 1/1 - [Printable]

RedHat Security Announcement - lpr/lpd file access problems.

There are potential problems with file access checking in the lpr and lpd programs. These could allow users to potentially print files they do not have access to. Also, there are bugs in remote printing in the lpd that shipped with Red Hat Linux 6.1.



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