An attacker could send crafted print jobs to CUPS and cause it to crash or run programs.
Tomas Hoger discovered that the CUPS image library incorrectly handled LZW streams. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
14 September 2011
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
An attacker could send crafted print jobs to CUPS and cause it to crash or run programs.
Tomas Hoger discovered that the CUPS image library incorrectly handled LZW streams. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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