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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2210-1 Moderate: Cups-Filters Remote Command Threat

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Calendar Grey May 8, 2014
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Several vulnerabilities in cups-filters for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS have been addressed with USN-2210-1. It's advised to perform an update to enhance system security.
Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.

Software Description:

- cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details:

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that cups-browsed incorrectly filtered remote

printer names and strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to

possibly execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2014-2707)

Johannes Meixner discovered that cups-browsed ignored invalid BrowseAllow

directives. This could cause it to accept browse packets from all hosts,

contrary to intended configuration.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue moderate severity update instructions ubuntu remote command cups-filters

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  cups-browsed                    1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2210-1

CVE-2014-2707

May 08, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue moderate severity update instructions ubuntu remote command cups-filters

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1

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