1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2082-1

USN-2082-1: CUPS vulnerability

Publication date

15 January 2014

Overview

CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • cups - Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details

Jann Horn discovered that the CUPS lppasswd tool incorrectly read a user
configuration file in certain configurations. A local attacker could use
this to read sensitive information from certain files, bypassing access
restrictions.

Jann Horn discovered that the CUPS lppasswd tool incorrectly read a user
configuration file in certain configurations. A local attacker could use
this to read sensitive information from certain files, bypassing access
restrictions.

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
13.10 saucy cups-client –  1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2
13.04 raring cups-client –  1.6.2-1ubuntu8
12.10 quantal cups-client –  1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5

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