GLSA 201510-07: CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:10/31/2015
Bugs: #551846
ID:201510-07

Synopsis

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

Background

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

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-print/cups < 2.0.3 >= 2.0.3 All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-2.0.3"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201510-07.xml

Concerns?

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

Copyright 2010 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.

Thank you!