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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-6184-2 Critical: CUPS Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 17, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A newly discovered flaw in CUPS could lead to application failures or the risk of leaking confidential data via network connections. Ensure you upgrade your Ubuntu system immediately!
CUPS could be made to crash or expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical DoS Ubuntu CUPS network exposure

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   cups                            2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   cups                            2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6184-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6184-1

  CVE-2023-34241

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July 17, 2023

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security advisory critical DoS Ubuntu CUPS network exposure

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