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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

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 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-64503)

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled certain malformed

CUPS Raster files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause

cups-filters to crash...

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Topics Covered

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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Topics Covered

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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