ubuntu-security-announce Digest, Vol 116, Issue 6

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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-2210-1] cups-filters vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 08 May 2014 12:20:57 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-2210-1] cups-filters vulnerability
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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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