USN-1194-1: Foomatic filters vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 August 2011

Overview

An attacker could send crafted input to Foomatic and cause it to run programs as the “lp” user.


Packages

Details

It was discovered that the foomatic-rip Foomatic filter incorrectly
handled command-line options. An attacker could use this flaw to cause
Foomatic to execute arbitrary code as the “lp” user.

In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the CUPS
AppArmor profile.

It was discovered that the foomatic-rip Foomatic filter incorrectly
handled command-line options. An attacker could use this flaw to cause
Foomatic to execute arbitrary code as the “lp” user.

In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the CUPS
AppArmor profile.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.04 hardy foomatic-filters –  3.0.2-20071204-0ubuntu2.3
11.04 natty foomatic-filters –  4.0.7-0ubuntu1.1
10.10 maverick foomatic-filters –  4.0.5-0ubuntu3.1
10.04 lucid foomatic-filters –  4.0.4-0ubuntu1.1

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