The vulnerability of the CUPS printing server arises from incorrect handling of symbolic links before accessing files. This allows attackers to gain access to confidential data.

The vulnerability of the CUPS printing server is related to an incorrect definition of symbolic links before accessing the file. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain access to confidential data when running the cupsd server with the Listen configuration element...

RHEL 9 : cups (RHSA-2024:4776)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4776 advisory. The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. Security Fixes: cups: Cupsd...

Amazon Linux 2023 : cups, cups-client, cups-devel (ALAS2023-2024-660)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-660 advisory. OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.8 and earlier, when starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item pointi...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update

An update for cups is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for eac...

RHEL 8 : cups (RHSA-2024:4580)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4580 advisory. The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. Security Fixes: cups: Cupsd...

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop - Peripherals (USB, Printers , Drives etc.)

Introduction This article is a summary of the top support articles related to Peripherals - USB, Printers , Drives etc. Top Support Knowledge Content Printing Issues CTX227534 - Citrix Printing Quick Start Guide CTX232031 - How to use Citrix Policy to Set a Default Session Printer CTX140208 -...

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: cups-2.4.10-1.fc39

CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX=C2=AE operating systems. It has been developed by Apple Inc. to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces...

How to Publish the Printers Folder

This article contains the steps to publish Printers folder. Publishing the Printers folder provides users with a way of changing the printing preferences of their printers, such as paper size, paper type, duplexing options, and so on. Unlike adjusting such preferences within the print dialog of a...

Printing with the Mac 10.x ICA Client Explained

This article provides a brief overview of the printing architecture with the 10.x versions of the Mac ICA Client. Background The Mac 10.x ICA Client is a feature-rich client offering. Many of the same features found with Win32 clients/plug-ins. This includes the ability to autocreate all of the...

Private tokens could appear in logs if context containing gRPC metadata is logged in github.com/grpc/grpc-go

Impact This issue represents a potential PII concern. If applications were printing or logging a context containing gRPC metadata, the affected versions will contain all the metadata, which may include private information. Patches The issue first appeared in 1.64.0 and is patched in 1.64.1 and...

CLSA-2024-1720178510 cups: Fix of CVE-2023-4504

CVE-2023-4504: scanps: check for null terminator after backslash character...

[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: ghostscript-10.02.1-10.fc40

This package provides useful conversion utilities based on Ghostscript softwa re, for converting PS, PDF and other document formats between each other. Ghostscript is a suite of software providing an interpreter for Adobe Systems' PostScript PS and Portable Document Format PDF page description...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update

An update for cups is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the C...

[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: cups-2.4.10-1.fc40

CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX=C2=AE operating systems. It has been developed by Apple Inc. to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces...

Moderate: cups security update

The Common UNIX Printing System CUPS provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. Security Fixes: cups: Cupsd Listen arbitrary chmod 0140777 CVE-2024-35235 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and...

USN-6844-2: CUPS regression

USN-6844-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the CUPS package. The update lead to the discovery of a regression in CUPS with regards to how the cupsd daemon handles Listen configuration directive. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Rory McNamara...

CVE-2024-38590 RDMA/hns: Modify the print level of CQE error

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hns: Modify the print level of CQE error Too much print may lead to a panic in kernel. Change ibdeverr to ibdeverrratelimited, and change the printing level of cqe dump to debug level...

CVE-2024-38576 rcu: Fix buffer overflow in print_cpu_stall_info()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rcu: Fix buffer overflow in printcpustallinfo The rcuc-starvation output from printcpustallinfo might overflow the buffer if there is a huge difference in jiffies difference. The situation might seem improbable, but computers...

SUSE CVE-2024-35235

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.8 and earlier, when starting the cupsd server with a Listen configuration item pointing to a symbolic link, the cupsd process can be caused to perform an arbitrary chmod of the...

CVE-2024-24051

Improper input validation of printing files in Monoprice Select Mini V2 V37.115.32 allows attackers to instruct the device's movable parts to destinations that exceed the devices' maximum coordinates via the printing of a malicious .gcode file...