An attacker could trick system-config-printer into installing altered packages and repositories.
Marc Deslauriers discovered that system-config-printer’s cupshelpers scripts used by the Ubuntu automatic printer driver download service queried the OpenPrinting database using an insecure connection. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to install altered packages and repositories.
17 November 2011
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
An attacker could trick system-config-printer into installing altered packages and repositories.
Marc Deslauriers discovered that system-config-printer’s cupshelpers scripts used by the Ubuntu automatic printer driver download service queried the OpenPrinting database using an insecure connection. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to install altered packages and repositories.
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.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
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