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Debian 10 Buster: DLA-3476-1 Critical: cups Denial-Of-Service

debian lts
Calendar Grey June 30, 2023
Dist Debian Esm H88
An essential security patch for cups resolves a memory-management concern in Debian LTS. System update advised.
An issue has been found in cups, the Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Summary

An issue has been found in cups, the Common UNIX Printing System(tm).
Due to a use-after-free bug an attacker could cause a denial-of-service.
In case of having access to the log files, an attacker could also
exfiltrate private keys or other sensitive information from the cups
daemon.


For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
2.2.10-6+deb10u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.

For the detailed security status of cups please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/cups

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: cups
Version: 2.2.10-6+deb10u8
CVE ID: CVE-2023-34241

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