USN-2725-1: cups-filters vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2725-1

27th August, 2015

cups-filters vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 15.04

Summary

cups-filters would allow unintended access to printers over the network.

Software description

• cups-filters - OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details

Seth Arnold discovered that ippusbxd in the cups-filters package would
incorrectly listen to all configured network interfaces. A remote attacker
could use this issue to possibly access locally-connected printers.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:

cups-filters-ippusbxd 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.4

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2015-6520

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/1LDCjY8