Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2520-1
26th February, 2015
cups vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
CUPS could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially
crafted file.
Software description
- cups
– Common UNIX Printing System(tm)
Details
Peter De Wachter discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed
compressed raster files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
cups
1.7.5-3ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
cups
1.7.2-0ubuntu1.5
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
cups
1.5.3-0ubuntu8.6
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
-
cups
1.4.3-1ubuntu1.14
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.