USN-2629-1: CUPS vulnerabilities
10 June 2015
cups vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in CUPS.
Software Description
- cups - Common UNIX Printing System™
Details
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled reference counting when handling localized strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to escalate permissions, upload a replacement CUPS configuration file, and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1158)
It was discovered that the CUPS templating engine contained a cross-site scripting issue. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass default configuration settings. (CVE-2015-1159)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- cups - 2.0.2-1ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 14.10
- cups - 1.7.5-3ubuntu3.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- cups - 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- cups - 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.7
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.