Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2725-1
27th August, 2015
cups-filters vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.04
Summary
cups-filters would allow unintended access to printers over the network.
Software description
- cups-filters
– OpenPrinting CUPS Filters
Details
Seth Arnold discovered that ippusbxd in the cups-filters package would
incorrectly listen to all configured network interfaces. A remote attacker
could use this issue to possibly access locally-connected printers.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 15.04:
-
cups-filters-ippusbxd
1.0.67-0ubuntu2.4
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.