An attacker could send crafted input to Foomatic and cause it to run programs as the “lp” user.
It was discovered that the foomatic-rip Foomatic filter incorrectly handled command-line options. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Foomatic to execute arbitrary code as the “lp” user.
22 August 2011
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
An attacker could send crafted input to Foomatic and cause it to run programs as the “lp” user.
It was discovered that the foomatic-rip Foomatic filter incorrectly handled command-line options. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Foomatic to execute arbitrary code as the “lp” user.
In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the CUPS AppArmor profile.
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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