USN-7041-3: CUPS vulnerability

7 October 2024

CUPS could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

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Releases

Packages

  • cups - Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details

USN-7041-1 fixed a vulnerability in CUPS. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Simone Margaritelli discovered that CUPS incorrectly sanitized IPP
data when creating PPD files. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to manipulate PPD files and execute arbitrary code when a printer is
used.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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