Thank you for your report, Sergio. > Package: cups > Version: 1.5.3-1 > Severity: important > Tags: security > > I've created a print queue with an > AllowUser user1 > option. When submitting a print job as user1 all goes as expected, but > if I submit it as some other user I see a flood of error messages appear > (observed rates: 375-500 Hz, depending on the client) in > /var/log/cups/error_log: > > E [08/Oct/2012:20:31:23 +0200] Returning IPP client-error-not-authorized for > Create-Job > (ipp://xxx.yyy.zzz.ttt:631/printers/test1) from aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd > > cupsd consumes significant amounts of CPU time while the client is trying > to submit the job.
Could you be more specific what 'significant amounts of CPU time' means (30% / 50% / 90%)? Also, which cupsd would spin trying to log this error, are print jobs / requests from valid users still served properly? > Both the log flood and the CPU consumption stop as soon > as I cancel the print job on the client. Thank you && Regards, Jan. -- Jan iankko Lieskovsky -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
