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Gentoo: GLSA-202401-06 high: cups filters remote execution

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Urgent Security Advisory GLSA 202401-06 for Gentoo: CUPS Filters Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution.
A vulnerability has been found in CUPS filters where remote code execution is possible via the beh filter.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in cups-filters. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo remote execution cups filters cve-2023-24805

Resolution

All cups-filters users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-filters-1.28.17-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-24805 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24805 [ 2 ] GHSA-gpxc-v2m8-fr3x

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: CUPS filters: Remote Code Execution
Date: January 05, 2024
Bugs: #906944
ID: 202401-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo remote execution cups filters cve-2023-24805

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in CUPS filters where remote code execution is possible via the beh filter.

Background

CUPS filters provides backends, filters, and other software that was once part of the core CUPS distribution.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------------- ------------ ------------- net-print/cups-filters < 1.28.17-r2 >= 1.28.17-r2

Impact

If you use beh to create an accessible network printer, this security vulnerability can cause remote code execution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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