MGASA-2018-0224

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    MGASA-2018-0224

    Published: 9 May 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-18248

    Summary: Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: CUPS before version 2.2.6 has a vulnerability in the handling of usernames in the scheduler/ipp.c:add_job() function. A remote attacker could exploit this by submitting a print job with an invalid UTF-8 username to cause a crash and subsequent denial of service (CVE-2017-18248).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0224.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22877, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/IGQ3XXPAM2RKAOIEXMCKKNICIKDLKWE2/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cups

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/cups?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.4-1.5.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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