USN-5454-2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8842)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-05-31 19:35 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:46 – Source website
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Summary
cups vulnerabilities
Details

USN-5454-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in CUPS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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)

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