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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

CUPS could be made to crash or expose sensitive information over the

network.

Software Description:

- cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details:

USN-6184-1 fixed a vulnerability in CUPS. This update provides the

corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain memory operations.

 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash,

resulting

 in a denial of service, or to possibly obtain sensitive information.

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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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Topics Covered

security advisory critical DoS Ubuntu CUPS network exposure

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