1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1207-1

USN-1207-1: CUPS vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 September 2011

Overview

An attacker could send crafted print jobs to CUPS and cause it to crash or run programs.

Releases

Packages

  • cups - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
  • cupsys - Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server

Details

Tomas Hoger discovered that the CUPS image library incorrectly handled LZW
streams. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tomas Hoger discovered that the CUPS image library incorrectly handled LZW
streams. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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
8.04 hardy libcupsimage2 –  1.3.7-1ubuntu3.13
11.04 natty libcupsimage2 –  1.4.6-5ubuntu1.4
10.10 maverick libcupsimage2 –  1.4.4-6ubuntu2.4
10.04 lucid libcupsimage2 –  1.4.3-1ubuntu1.5

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