Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Ubuntu, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. These issues are caused by errors in CUPS. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0623 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-0921 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1059

Affected Products

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Solution

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS - Upgrade to cupsys version 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.8
Ubuntu 6.10 - Upgrade to cupsys version 1.2.4-2ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 7.04 - Upgrade to cupsys version 1.2.8-0ubuntu8.3
Ubuntu 7.10 - Upgrade to cupsys version 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.6

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1091
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-598-1

ChangeLog

2008-04-03 : Initial release

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