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Ubuntu 23.04: USN-6128-1 Critical: CUPS Denial of Service Attack

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
To resolve CUPS issues on your Ubuntu system, ensure you apply the latest updates to reduce crashes and protect against remote code execution risks from malicious traffic
CUPS could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical cups ubuntu network attack

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: cups 2.4.2-3ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 22.10: cups 2.4.2-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: cups 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: cups 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: cups 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6128-1

CVE-2023-32324

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June 01, 2023

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security advisory denial of service critical cups ubuntu network attack

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.2-3ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.2-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.3.1-9ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10

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