Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2659-1
6th July, 2015
cups-filters vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
cups-filters could be made to crash or run programs as the lp user if it
processed a specially crafted print job.
Software description
- cups-filters
– OpenPrinting CUPS Filters
Details
Petr Sklenar discovered that the cups-filters texttopdf filter incorrectly
handled line sizes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as the lp user.
(CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.04:
-
cups-filters
1.0.67-0ubuntu2.2
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
cups-filters
1.0.61-0ubuntu2.3
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
cups-filters
1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
cups-filters
1.0.18-0ubuntu0.4
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.