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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2520-1
February 26, 2015

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

– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

CUPS could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially
crafted file.

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

Details:

Peter De Wachter discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed
compressed raster files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
cups 1.7.5-3ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.6

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
cups 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.14

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2520-1
CVE-2014-9679

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.7.5-3ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.7.2-0ubuntu1.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.5.3-0ubuntu8.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.3-1ubuntu1.14

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