Ubuntu Security Notice USN-780-1
3rd June, 2009
cups, cupsys vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- cups
- cupsys
Details
Anibal Sacco discovered that CUPS did not properly handle certain network
operations. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw and cause the CUPS
server to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 9.04:
- cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.2
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- cupsys 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.5
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- cupsys 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.14
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.