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- USN-7043-4
USN-7043-4: cups-filters vulnerabilities
First published: Wed Oct 09 2024(Updated: )
USN-7043-1 fixed vulnerabilities in cups-filters. This update improves the fix for CVE-2024-47176 by removing support for the legacy CUPS printer discovery protocol entirely. Original advisory details: Simone Margaritelli discovered that the cups-filters cups-browsed component could be used to create arbitrary printers from outside the local network. In combination with issues in other printing components, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to connect to a system, created manipulated PPD files, and execute arbitrary code when a printer is used. This update disables support for the legacy CUPS printer discovery protocol. (CVE-2024-47176) Simone Margaritelli discovered that cups-filters 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. (CVE-2024-47076)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/cups-browsed | <1.28.15-0ubuntu1.4 | 1.28.15-0ubuntu1.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/cups-filters | <1.28.15-0ubuntu1.4 | 1.28.15-0ubuntu1.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =22.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/cups-browsed | <1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4 | 1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/cups-filters | <1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4 | 1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-47176
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-47076
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7042-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7043-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7043-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7043-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7042-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7042-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7044-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.28.15-0ubuntu1.4
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7043-4 (Advisory)
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