USN-2839-1: CUPS update

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2839-1

16th December, 2015

cups update

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

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

A security improvement has been made to CUPS.

Software description

• cups
  – Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details

As a security improvement against the POODLE attack, this update disables
SSLv3 support in the CUPS web interface.

For legacy environments where SSLv3 support is still required, it can be
re-enabled by adding "SSLOptions AllowSSL3" to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

cups

1.7.2-0ubuntu1.7

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

LP: 1505328

Source: ubuntu-usn