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Ubuntu 13.10: USN-2082-1 Moderate: CUPS Information Exposure

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CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2082-1
January 15, 2014

cups vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.

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

Details:

Jann Horn discovered that the CUPS lppasswd tool incorrectly read a user
configuration file in certain configurations. A local attacker could use
this to read sensitive information from certain files, bypassing access
restrictions.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  cups-client                     1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 13.04:
  cups-client                     1.6.2-1ubuntu8

Ubuntu 12.10:
  cups-client                     1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2082-1
  CVE-2013-6891

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.6.2-1ubuntu8
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5


Ubuntu 13.10: USN-2082-1 Moderate: CUPS Information Exposure

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2093-2 addresses a vulnerability in OpenSSH that could lead to unauthorized access by local users. Find out more here.
CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: cups-client 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2 Ubuntu 13.04: cups-client 1.6.2-1ubuntu8 Ubuntu 12.10: cups-client 1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2082-1

CVE-2013-6891

January 15, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.6.2-1ubuntu8 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5

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