USN-5454-1: CUPS vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-26691   CVE-2019-8842   CVE-2020-10001  

Several security issues were fixed in CUPS.

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)