USN-6184-1: CUPS vulnerability
22 June 2023
CUPS could be made to crash or expose sensitive information over the network.
Releases
Packages
- cups - Common UNIX Printing System(tm)
Details
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain memory operations.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.