1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2831-1

USN-2831-1: cups-filters vulnerability

Publication date

7 December 2015

Overview

cups-filters could be made to run programs as the lp user if it processed a specially crafted print job.

Releases

Packages

Details

Michal Kowalczyk discovered that the cups-filters foomatic-rip filter
incorrectly stripped shell escape characters. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the lp user.

Michal Kowalczyk discovered that the cups-filters foomatic-rip filter
incorrectly stripped shell escape characters. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the lp user.

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
15.10 wily cups-filters –  1.0.76-1ubuntu0.1
15.04 vivid cups-filters –  1.0.67-0ubuntu2.5
14.04 trusty cups-filters –  1.0.52-0ubuntu1.6

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