1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2725-1

USN-2725-1: cups-filters vulnerability

Publication date

27 August 2015

Overview

cups-filters would allow unintended access to printers over the network.

Releases

Packages

Details

Seth Arnold discovered that ippusbxd in the cups-filters package would
incorrectly listen to all configured network interfaces. A remote attacker
could use this issue to possibly access locally-connected printers.

Seth Arnold discovered that ippusbxd in the cups-filters package would
incorrectly listen to all configured network interfaces. A remote attacker
could use this issue to possibly access locally-connected printers.

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
15.04 vivid cups-filters-ippusbxd –  1.0.67-0ubuntu2.4

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