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lpd, dvips and remote command execution

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Executes 'ping' on the remote host

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote lpd server calls dvips in insecure mode.
A possible hacker may use this flaw to execute arbitrary
commands remotely on this host.

Solution : edit the file
/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/dvi-to-ps.fpi

and change the linethat specifies how 'dvips' is
to be executed from :
dvips -f $DVIPS_OPTIONS < $TMP_FILE
to
dvips -R -f $DVIPS_OPTIONS < $TMP_FILE

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 3241

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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