CUPS regression
Summary
USN-8405-1 fixed vulnerabilities in CUPS. The update introduced a regression that cause CUPS to crash when parsing certain large printer PPD files. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: Ariel Silver discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled username comparisons during authorization checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations. (CVE-2026-27447) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled notify-recipient-uri values in the RSS notifier. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite lp-writable files and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-34978) Jacob Newman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled filter option strings when processing job attributes. An attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34979) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled page-border values in shared PostScript queues. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34980) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled localhost authentication to attacker-controlled IPP services. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34990) Tomer Fichman discov Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04, 25.10, 24.04, 22.04.
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
Official advisory · low-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · low-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
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