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Ubuntu 25.10: cups-filters Critical Denial Of Service Issues USN-7878-1

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Calendar Grey November 20, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several security issues found in cups-filters for Ubuntu may lead to remote attacks requiring immediate updates.
Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters. Software Description: - cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters Details: It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed TIFF image files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cups-filters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-57812) It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed PDF document files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cups-filters to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubunt...

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security advisory critical DoS Ubuntu information leakage cups-filters

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 cups-filters 2.0.1-0ubuntu3.25.10.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cups-filters 2.0.0-0ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cups-filters 1.28.15-0ubuntu1.5 libcupsfilters1 1.28.15-0ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS cups-filters 1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcupsfilters1 1.27.4-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS cups-filters 1.20.2-0ubuntu3.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcupsfilters1 1.20.2-0ubuntu3.3+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cups-filters 1.8.3-2ubuntu3.5+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro libcupsfilters1 1.8.3-2ubuntu3.5+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7878-1

CVE-2025-57812, CVE-2025-64503, CVE-2025-64524

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7878-1

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security advisory critical DoS Ubuntu information leakage cups-filters

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/2.0.1-0ubuntu3.25.10.1

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