USN-6204-1: CPDB vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• cpdb-libs - Common Print Dialog Backends - Development files for Backend Libr

Details

Seth Arnold discovered that CPDB incorrectly handled certain characters.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04

• libcpdb2 - 2.0~b4-0ubuntu2.1
• cpdb-libs-tools - 2.0~b4-0ubuntu2.1
• libcpdb-frontend2 - 2.0~b4-0ubuntu2.1
• libcpdb-libs-tools - 2.0~b4-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 22.10

• libcpdb-libs-common1 - 1.2.0-0ubuntu8.1.22.10.1
• libcpdb-libs-frontend1 - 1.2.0-0ubuntu8.1.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libcpdb-libs-common1 - 1.2.0-0ubuntu8.1.22.04.1
• libcpdb-libs-frontend1 - 1.2.0-0ubuntu8.1.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libcpdb-libs-common1 - 1.2.0-0ubuntu7.1
• libcpdb-libs-frontend1 - 1.2.0-0ubuntu7.1

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

References

• CVE-2023-34095