Title: Remote Linux Groff Exploitation Via LPD Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
lpd is the print spooling daemon. It is used to support network printing on a variety of unix platforms.
The version of lpd that ships with linux systems invokes groff to process TeX formatted documents that are to be printed. The groff utility used to process images, 'pic', contains a vulnerability that can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands on the victim.
It may be possible for remote attackers to exploit this vulnerability through lpd.
While groff (and subsequently 'pic') are executed by lpd with lowered privileges, this vulnerability is still especially dangerous. Remote, anonymous attackers on the Internet may be able to gain local access to target hosts. It is significantly easier to gain complete control over target systems when local access is obtained.
Affected Products:
- Debian Linux 2.2.0
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 68k
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 sparc
- GNU groff 1.10.0
- GNU groff 1.11.0
- GNU groff 1.11.0a
- GNU groff 1.14.0
- GNU groff 1.15.0
- GNU groff 1.16.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.2.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 8.0.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 8.0.0 ppc
- MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2.0
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.0
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.1
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.2
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.5.3
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.6.0
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0 alpha
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0 ia64
- RedHat Linux 7.2.0
- RedHat Linux 7.2.0 i386
- RedHat Linux 7.2.0 ia64
- jgroff jgroff 1.15.0
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