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USN-4340-1: CUPS vulnerabilities cups vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in CUPS. Software Description cups – Common UNIX Printing System™ Details It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain language values. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-2228) Stephan Zeisberg discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed ppd files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-3898) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 cups – 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 19.10 cups [ more… ]

USN-4339-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities openexr vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in OpenEXR. Software Description openexr – tools for the OpenEXR image format Details Brandon Perry discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-9111, CVE-2017-9113, CVE-2017-9115) Tan Jie discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. [ more… ]