USN-3713-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18248)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-07-11 16:42 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
cups vulnerabilities
Details
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain print jobs with invalid usernames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18248)
Dan Bastone discovered that the CUPS dnssd backend incorrectly handled certain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-4180)
Eric Rafaloff and John Dunlap discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain include directives. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2018-4181)
Dan Bastone discovered that the CUPS AppArmor profile incorrectly confined the dnssd backend. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escape confinement. (CVE-2018-6553)
References
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"details": "It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain print jobs with\ninvalid usernames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nCUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18248)\n\nDan Bastone discovered that the CUPS dnssd backend incorrectly handled\ncertain environment variables. A local attacker could possibly use this\nissue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-4180)\n\nEric Rafaloff and John Dunlap discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled\ncertain include directives. A local attacker could possibly use this issue\nto read arbitrary files. (CVE-2018-4181)\n\nDan Bastone discovered that the CUPS AppArmor profile incorrectly confined\nthe dnssd backend. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escape\nconfinement. (CVE-2018-6553)\n",
"id": "USN-3713-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
"published": "2018-07-11T16:42:23Z",
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