USN-2172-1: CUPS vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.10
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• 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 versions:

Ubuntu 13.10

• cups - 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.3

Ubuntu 12.10

• cups - 1.6.1-0ubuntu11.6

Ubuntu 12.04

• cups - 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.2

Ubuntu 10.04

• cups - 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.11

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

References

• CVE-2014-2856