CUPS: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201908-08

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in CUPS, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

Background

CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, is a full-featured print server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in CUPS. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-2.2.8"
 

References

• CVE-2017-15400
• CVE-2018-4180
• CVE-2018-4181
• CVE-2018-4182
• CVE-2018-4183
• CVE-2018-6553

Release date
August 15, 2019

Latest revision
August 15, 2019: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 660954