--- title: 'USN-1036-1: CUPS update | Ubuntu security notices' description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1036-1 --- 1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices) 2. USN-1036-1 --- # USN-1036-1: CUPS update Publication date 6 January 2011 Overview This update ensures the CUPS AppArmor profile is always loaded before CUPS starts. Releases [10.10](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=maverick) --- Open side navigation ## Packages * [cups](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?package=cups) - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) ## Details Under certain circumstances, CUPS could start before its AppArmor profile was loaded and therefore run unconfined. This update ensures the AppArmor profile is loaded before CUPS starts. ## Update instructions In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. [Learn more about how to get the fixes.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: | Ubuntu Release | Package Version | | --- | --- | | 10.10 maverick | [cups](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups) –  [1.4.4-6ubuntu2.3](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.4-6ubuntu2.3) | | | --- ### Reduce your security exposure Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines. [Get Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/pro) ## References *