USN-5454-1: CUPS vulnerabilities
31 May 2022
Several security issues were fixed in CUPS.
Releases
Packages
- cups - Common UNIX Printing System(tm)
Details
Joshua Mason discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled the secret key used
to access the administrative web interface. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to open a session as an administrator and execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-26691)
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when handling IPP printing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause CUPS to crash, leading to a denial of service, or obtain sensitive
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04
LTS. (CVE-2019-8842, CVE-2020-10001)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 21.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5454-2: cups-client, libcupsppdc1-dev, cups-server-common, libcups2-dev, libcups2, libcupscgi1-dev, cups-common, cups-ipp-utils, libcupsppdc1, libcupscgi1, cups-core-drivers, libcupsimage2, cups, libcupsmime1-dev, cups-bsd, cups-ppdc, libcupsmime1, libcupsimage2-dev, cups-daemon