Ubuntu Security Notice 3713-1 - It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain print jobs with invalid usernames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Dan Bastone discovered that the CUPS dnssd backend incorrectly handled certain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3713-1
July 11, 2018
cups vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in CUPS.
Software Description:
- cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm)
Details:
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain print jobs with
invalid usernames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18248)
Dan Bastone discovered that the CUPS dnssd backend incorrectly handled
certain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this
issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-4180)
Eric Rafaloff and John Dunlap discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
certain include directives. A local attacker could possibly use this issue
to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2018-4181)
Dan Bastone discovered that the CUPS AppArmor profile incorrectly confined
the dnssd backend. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escape
confinement. (CVE-2018-6553)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
cups 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 17.10:
cups 2.2.4-7ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
cups 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.5
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.10
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3713-1
CVE-2017-18248, CVE-2018-4180, CVE-2018-4181, CVE-2018-6553
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.2.4-7ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/2.1.3-4ubuntu0.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.7.2-0ubuntu1.10