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USN-1012-1: CUPS vulnerability

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USN-1012-1: CUPS vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/05/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted IPP request.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-cups
  • ubuntu-upgrade-cupsys

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