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Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2831-1 Critical: cups-filters Code Execution Attack

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Calendar Grey December 7, 2015
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Ubuntu Security Notice 2831-1 highlights a cups-filters flaw that may permit unauthorized code execution through crafted print tasks.
cups-filters could be made to run programs as the lp user if it processed a specially crafted print job.

Summary

cups-filters could be made to run programs as the lp user if it processed a

specially crafted print job.

Software Description:

- cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details:

Michal Kowalczyk discovered that the cups-filters foomatic-rip filter

incorrectly stripped shell escape characters. A remote attacker could

possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the lp user.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  cups-filters                    1.0.76-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 15.04:
  cups-filters                    1.0.67-0ubuntu2.5

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  cups-filters                    1.0.52-0ubuntu1.6

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2831-1

CVE-2015-8327

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December 07, 2015

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.76-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.67-0ubuntu2.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.52-0ubuntu1.6

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