Important: cups security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-26691  

Synopsis

Important: cups security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for cups is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives
a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE
link(s) in the References section.

Description

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for
Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems.

Security Fix(es):

  • cups: authorization bypass when using "local" authorization (CVE-2022-26691)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)
listed in the References section.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.0 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.0 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 2084321 - CVE-2022-26691 cups: authorization bypass when using "local" authorization