1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2293-1

USN-2293-1: CUPS vulnerability

Publication date

21 July 2014

Overview

CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information, leading to privilege escalation.

Releases

Packages

  • cups - Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details

Francisco Alonso discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly
validated permissions on rss files. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary files, possibly
leading to a privilege escalation.

Francisco Alonso discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly
validated permissions on rss files. A local attacker could possibly use
this issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary files, possibly
leading to a privilege escalation.

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
14.04 trusty cups –  1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1
12.04 precise cups –  1.5.3-0ubuntu8.4
10.04 lucid cups –  1.4.3-1ubuntu1.12

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