Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-2210-1

USN-2210-1: cups-filters vulnerability

Publication date

8 May 2014

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.

Releases

14.04 LTS

Packages

cups-filters - OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that cups-browsed incorrectly filtered remote
printer names and strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to
possibly execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2014-2707)

Johannes Meixner discovered that cups-browsed ignored invalid BrowseAllow
directives. This could cause it to accept browse packets from all hosts,
contrary to intended configuration.

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that cups-browsed incorrectly filtered remote
printer names and strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to
possibly execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2014-2707)

Johannes Meixner discovered that cups-browsed ignored invalid BrowseAllow
directives. This could cause it to accept browse packets from all hosts,
contrary to intended configuration.

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
14.04 trusty	cups-browsed – 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1

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References

CVE-2014-2707

CVE-2014-2707