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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2210-1
May 08, 2014
cups-filters vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.
Software Description:
– cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters
Details:
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that cups-browsed incorrectly filtered remote
printer names and strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to
possibly execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2014-2707)
Johannes Meixner discovered that cups-browsed ignored invalid BrowseAllow
directives. This could cause it to accept browse packets from all hosts,
contrary to intended configuration.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
cups-browsed 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2210-1
CVE-2014-2707
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1
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