USN-2172-1: CUPS vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2172-1

24th April, 2014

cups vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 13.10


• Ubuntu 12.10


• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software description

• cups - Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details

Alex Korobkin discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly protected

against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. If an authenticated user were

tricked into visiting a malicious website while logged into CUPS, a remote

attacker could modify the CUPS configuration and possibly steal

confidential data.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 13.10:

cups 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.3

Ubuntu 12.10:

cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu11.6

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

cups 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.11

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2014-2856

via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1roR9CS