usn-6391-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-09-20 14:17
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
cups vulnerability
Details
It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly parsed certain Postscript objects. If a user or automated system were tricked into printing a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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{
"id": "CVE-2023-4504",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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{
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"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
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}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "cups",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-bsd",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-client",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-common",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-core-drivers",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-daemon",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-ipp-utils",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-ppdc",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-server-common",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcups2",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcupsimage2",
"binary_version": "2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "cups",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups@2.3.1-9ubuntu1.6?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
},
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"introduced": "0"
},
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}
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}
],
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"2.2.12-2ubuntu1",
"2.3.0-6",
"2.3.0-7",
"2.3.0-7ubuntu1",
"2.3.1-1ubuntu1",
"2.3.1-2",
"2.3.1-4",
"2.3.1-7",
"2.3.1-9ubuntu1",
"2.3.1-9ubuntu1.1",
"2.3.1-9ubuntu1.2",
"2.3.1-9ubuntu1.3",
"2.3.1-9ubuntu1.4",
"2.3.1-9ubuntu1.5"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
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{
"id": "CVE-2023-4504",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "cups",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-bsd",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-client",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-common",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-core-drivers",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-daemon",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-ipp-utils",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-ppdc",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "cups-server-common",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcups2",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
},
{
"binary_name": "libcupsimage2",
"binary_version": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "cups",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups@2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.7"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2",
"2.4.1op1-1ubuntu1",
"2.4.1op1-1ubuntu2",
"2.4.1op1-1ubuntu3",
"2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4",
"2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.1",
"2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.2",
"2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.4",
"2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.6"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly parsed certain Postscript objects.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into printing a specially\ncrafted document, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode.\n",
"id": "USN-6391-1",
"modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:31Z",
"published": "2023-09-20T14:17:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6391-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4504"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "cups vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4504"
]
}
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