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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-08
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Severity: Normal
Title: CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 15, 2019
Bugs: #660954
ID: 201908-08

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in CUPS, the worst of which
could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background
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CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, is a full-featured print server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-print/cups < 2.2.8 >= 2.2.8

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CUPS. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-print/cups-2.2.8”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-15400
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15400
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-4180
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4180
[ 3 ] CVE-2018-4181
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4181
[ 4 ] CVE-2018-4182
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4182
[ 5 ] CVE-2018-4183
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4183
[ 6 ] CVE-2018-6553
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6553

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-08

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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