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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7044-1
September 26, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Summary:

libcupsfilters could be made to run programs if it received specially
crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- libcupsfilters: OpenPrinting libcupsfilters

Details:

Simone Margaritelli discovered that libcupsfilters incorrectly sanitized
IPP data when creating PPD files. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to manipulate PPD files and execute arbitrary code when a printer is
used.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libcupsfilters2-common          2.0.0-0ubuntu7.1
  libcupsfilters2t64              2.0.0-0ubuntu7.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7044-1
  CVE-2024-47076

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcupsfilters/2.0.0-0ubuntu7.1