[USN-6361-1] CUPS vulnerability

Marc Deslauriers marc.deslauriers at canonical.com
Tue Sep 12 18:31:16 UTC 2023


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6361-1
September 12, 2023

cups vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details:

It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly authenticated certain remote
requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
recently printed documents.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04:
   cups                            2.4.2-3ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   cups                            2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.6

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   cups                            2.3.1-9ubuntu1.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6361-1
   CVE-2023-32360

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.2-3ubuntu2.4
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.6
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.3.1-9ubuntu1.5

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