Ubuntu: USN-6083-1 Critical: cups-filters Program Crash Risk

ubuntu

May 17, 2023

cups-filters could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

cups-filters could be made to crash or run programs if it received

specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details:

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled the beh CUPS

backend. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the

backend to stop responding or to execute arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution Ubuntu network traffic cups-filters program crash

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
   cups-filters                    2.0~rc1-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 22.10:
   cups-filters                    1.28.16-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   cups-filters                    1.28.15-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   cups-filters                    1.27.4-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   cups-filters                    1.20.2-0ubuntu3.3

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