USN-3842-1: CUPS vulnerability
cups vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description
- cups – Common UNIX Printing System™
Details
Jann Horn discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled session cookie
randomness. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform
cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- cups – 2.2.8-5ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- cups – 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- cups – 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.6
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- cups – 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.11
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
Source: USN-3842-1: CUPS vulnerability
