CVE-2017-18248

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3713-1

Posted Jul 11, 2018

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

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.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2017-18248, CVE-2018-4180, CVE-2018-4181, CVE-2018-6553

SHA-256 | 696d3fdbcef1b01d52dff2f4565355074090de06c6cc24cb37ef6444f2ca5109

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