Improper Input Validation Affecting cups package, versions <1.7.5-11+deb8u3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.59% (88th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-CUPS-364434
- published 26 Mar 2018
- disclosed 26 Mar 2018
Introduced: 26 Mar 2018
CVE-2017-18248 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8
cups
to version 1.7.5-11+deb8u3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups
package and not the cups
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
The add_job function in scheduler/ipp.c in CUPS before 2.2.6, when D-Bus support is enabled, can be crashed by remote attackers by sending print jobs with an invalid username, related to a D-Bus notification.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18248
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00018.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00003.html
- https://github.com/apple/cups/commit/49fa4983f25b64ec29d548ffa3b9782426007df3
- https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5143
- https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/tag/v2.2.6
- https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=346
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-18248
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3713-1/