Updated cups packages has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 9 to address several vulnerabilities
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4243-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Luciano Bello
July 11, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : cups
CVE ID : CVE-2017-15400 CVE-2018-4180 CVE-2018-4181 CVE-2018-4182
CVE-2018-4183 CVE-2018-6553
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing
System. These issues have been identified with the following CVE ids:
CVE-2017-15400
Rory McNamara discovered that an attacker is able to execute arbitrary
commands (with the privilege of the CUPS daemon) by setting a
malicious IPP server with a crafted PPD file.
CVE-2018-4180
Dan Bastone of Gotham Digital Science discovered that a local
attacker with access to cupsctl could escalate privileges by setting
an environment variable.
CVE-2018-4181
Eric Rafaloff and John Dunlap of Gotham Digital Science discovered
that a local attacker can perform limited reads of arbitrary files
as root by manipulating cupsd.conf.
CVE-2018-4182
Dan Bastone of Gotham Digital Science discovered that an attacker
with sandboxed root access can execute backends without a sandbox
profile by provoking an error in CUPS' profile creation.
CVE-2018-4183
Dan Bastone and Eric Rafaloff of Gotham Digital Science discovered
that an attacker with sandboxed root access can execute arbitrary
commands as unsandboxed root by modifying /etc/cups/cups-files.conf
CVE-2018-6553
Dan Bastone of Gotham Digital Science discovered that an attacker
can bypass the AppArmor cupsd sandbox by invoking the dnssd backend
using an alternate name that has been hard linked to dnssd.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.1-8+deb9u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.
For the detailed security status of cups please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cups
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
