============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2293-1 July 21, 2014 cups vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information, leading to privilege escalation. Software Description: - cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) Details: Francisco Alonso discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly validated permissions on rss files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary files, possibly leading to a privilege escalation. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.4 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: cups 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.12 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2293-1 CVE-2014-3537 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.5.3-0ubuntu8.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.4.3-1ubuntu1.12