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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3842-1
December 10, 2018
cups vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 18.10
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description:
– cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm)
Details:
Jann Horn discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled session cookie
randomness. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10:
cups 2.2.8-5ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
cups 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
cups 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.6
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.11
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3842-1
CVE-2018-4700
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.2.8-5ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.2.7-1ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.1.3-4ubuntu0.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.7.2-0ubuntu1.11
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