USN-5454-2

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    USN-5454-2

    Published: 31 May 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: cups vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-5454-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in CUPS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Joshua Mason discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled the secret key used to access the administrative web interface. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to open a session as an administrator and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-26691) It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain memory operations when handling IPP printing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, leading to a denial of service, or obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-8842, CVE-2020-10001)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5454-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8842, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10001, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-26691

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cups

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-4ubuntu3
    2.1.0-5
    2.1.0-6
    2.1.0-6ubuntu1
    2.1.0-7
    2.1.2-1
    2.1.2-2
    2.1.3-1
    2.1.3-1build1
    2.1.3-3
    2.1.3-4
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.2
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.3
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.4
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.5
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.6
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.7
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.8
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.9
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.10
    2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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