Ubuntu 15.04 USN-2659-1 Critical: cups-filters Denial Of Service

ubuntu

July 6, 2015

cups-filters could be made to crash or run programs as the lp user if it processed a specially crafted print job.

Summary

cups-filters could be made to crash or run programs as the lp user if it

processed a specially crafted print job.

Software Description:

- cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details:

Petr Sklenar discovered that the cups-filters texttopdf filter incorrectly

handled line sizes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as the lp user.

(CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu cups-filters

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  cups-filters                    1.0.67-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 14.10:
  cups-filters                    1.0.61-0ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  cups-filters                    1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  cups-filters                    1.0.18-0ubuntu0.4

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