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Ubuntu 12.04: USN-2831-2 Critical: Foomatic-Filters Remote Code Execution

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2930-1 details a CUPS vulnerability that could lead to unauthorized access.
foomatic-filters could be made to run programs as the lp user if it processed a specially crafted print job.

Summary

foomatic-filters could be made to run programs as the lp user if it

processed a specially crafted print job.

Software Description:

- foomatic-filters: OpenPrinting printer support - filters

Details:

Michal Kowalczyk discovered that the foomatic-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 12.04 LTS:
  foomatic-filters                4.0.16-0ubuntu0.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2831-2

CVE-2015-8327

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December 07, 2015

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.16-0ubuntu0.3

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