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Ubuntu 11.04 USN-1207-1 Critical: CUPS DoS Threat Details

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An attacker could send crafted print jobs to CUPS and cause it to crash or run programs.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1207-1
September 14, 2011

cups, cupsys vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Summary:

An attacker could send crafted print jobs to CUPS and cause it to crash or
run programs.

Software Description:
- cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
- cupsys: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server

Details:

Tomas Hoger discovered that the CUPS image library incorrectly handled LZW
streams. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
  libcupsimage2                   1.4.6-5ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 10.10:
  libcupsimage2                   1.4.4-6ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libcupsimage2                   1.4.3-1ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
  libcupsimage2                   1.3.7-1ubuntu3.13

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1207-1
  CVE-2011-2896, CVE-2011-3170

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.6-5ubuntu1.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.4-6ubuntu2.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.3-1ubuntu1.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/1.3.7-1ubuntu3.13


Ubuntu 11.04 USN-1207-1 Critical: CUPS DoS Threat Details

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CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, is crucial in Linux for managing printers, but it has vulnerabilities that can expose Ubuntu systems to threats.
An attacker could send crafted print jobs to CUPS and cause it to crash or run programs.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: libcupsimage2 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 10.10: libcupsimage2 1.4.4-6ubuntu2.4 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libcupsimage2 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: libcupsimage2 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.13 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1207-1

CVE-2011-2896, CVE-2011-3170

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September 14, 2011

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.6-5ubuntu1.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.4-6ubuntu2.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.3-1ubuntu1.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/1.3.7-1ubuntu3.13

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