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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6844-1
June 24, 2024

cups vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

CUPS could be made to arbitrary chmod paths with specially
crafted configuration file.

Software Description:
- cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details:

Rory McNamara discovered that when starting the cupsd server with a
Listen configuration item, the cupsd process fails to validate if
bind call passed. An attacker could possibly trick cupsd to perform
an arbitrary chmod of the provided argument, providing world-writable
access to the target.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  cups                            2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.1

Ubuntu 23.10
  cups                            2.4.6-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  cups                            2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.9

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  cups                            2.3.1-9ubuntu1.7

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  cups                            2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm4
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  cups                            2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6844-1
  CVE-2024-35235

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.6-0ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.9
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.3.1-9ubuntu1.7

Ubuntu 6844-1: CUPS Security Advisory Updates

June 25, 2024
CUPS could be made to arbitrary chmod paths with specially crafted configuration file.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: CUPS could be made to arbitrary chmod paths with specially crafted configuration file. Software Description: - cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) Details: Rory McNamara discovered that when starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item, the cupsd process fails to validate if bind call passed. An attacker could possibly trick cupsd to perform an arbitrary chmod of the provided argument, providing world-writable access to the target.

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cups 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.1 Ubuntu 23.10 cups 2.4.6-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cups 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.9 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS cups 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.7 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS cups 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cups 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6844-1

CVE-2024-35235

Severity
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6844-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.6-0ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.9 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.3.1-9ubuntu1.7

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