MGASA-2024-0227 - Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 17 Jun 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0227.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-35235

When starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item pointing
to a symbolic link, the cupsd process can be caused to perform an
arbitrary chmod of the provided argument, providing world-writable
access to the target.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33293
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/11/1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-35235

SRPMS:
- 9/core/cups-2.4.6-1.2.mga9

Mageia 2024-0227: cups Security Advisory Updates

When starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item pointing to a symbolic link, the cupsd process can be caused to perform an arbitrary chmod of the provided argument,...

Summary

When starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item pointing to a symbolic link, the cupsd process can be caused to perform an arbitrary chmod of the provided argument, providing world-writable access to the target.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33293

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/11/1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-35235

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0227 - Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 9/core/cups-2.4.6-1.2.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 17 Jun 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0227.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-35235

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