USN-2659-1: cups-filters vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2659-1

6th July, 2015

cups-filters vulnerabilities

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

  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Ubuntu 14.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

cups-filters could be made to crash or run programs as the lp user if it processed a specially crafted print job.

Software description

  • cups-filters - OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details

Petr Sklenar discovered that the cups-filters texttopdf filter incorrectly
handled line sizes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as the lp user.
(CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
cups-filters 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 14.10:
cups-filters 1.0.61-0ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
cups-filters 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
cups-filters 1.0.18-0ubuntu0.4

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2015-3258, CVE-2015-3279



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