vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-4504): CUPS vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 20, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 20, 2023
Added
Sep 21, 2023
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted PPD PostScript document, CUPS and libppd are susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow and possibly code execution. This issue has been fixed in CUPS version 2.4.7, released in September of 2023.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-cupsubuntu-upgrade-cupsubuntu-upgrade-libppd2
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