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High ALSA-2024:7463 4 CVEs

Important: cups-filters security update

Published Oct 1, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The cups-filters package contains back ends, filters, and other software that was once part of the core Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) distribution but is now maintained independently.

Security Fix(es):

* cups-browsed: cups-browsed binds on UDP INADDR_ANY:631 trusting any packet from any source ()
* cups-filters: libcupsfilters: `cfGetPrinterAttributes` API does not perform sanitization on returned IPP attributes (CVE-2024-47076)
* cups: libppd: remote command injection via attacker controlled data in PPD file ()

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-filters 1.20.0-35.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-filters-devel 1.20.0-35.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-filters-libs 1.20.0-35.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 8.6
    CVE-2024-47076 Public exploit EPSS 80%

    libcupsfilters's cfGetPrinterAttributes5 does not validate IPP attributes returned from an IPP server

    CUPS is a standards-based, open-source printing system, and `libcupsfilters` contains the code of the filters of the former `cups-filters` package as library functions to be used for the data format conversion tasks needed in Printer Applications. The `cfGetP…

    OpenPrinting libcupsfilters cups-filters cups-filters Debian Ubuntu
  • High 8.6
    CVE-2024-47175 Public exploit EPSS 64%

    libppd's ppdCreatePPDFromIPP2 function does not sanitize IPP attributes when creating the PPD buffer

    CUPS is a standards-based, open-source printing system, and `libppd` can be used for legacy PPD file support. The `libppd` function `ppdCreatePPDFromIPP2` does not sanitize IPP attributes when creating the PPD buffer. When used in combination with other funct…

    OpenPrinting libppd cups cups Debian Ubuntu Alpine
  • High 7.5
    CVE-2024-47850

    CUPS cups-browsed before 2.5b1 will send an HTTP POST request to an arbitrary destination and port in response to a sin…

    cups cups-filters cups-filters cups-browsed Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2024-47176 Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 51%

    cups-browsed binds to `INADDR_ANY:631`, trusting any packet from any source

    CUPS is a standards-based, open-source printing system, and `cups-browsed` contains network printing functionality including, but not limited to, auto-discovering print services and shared printers. `cups-browsed` binds to `INADDR_ANY:631`, causing it to trus…

    OpenPrinting cups-browsed cups-filters cups-filters Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-47076
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-47175
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-47176
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314252
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314253
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314256
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-7463.html
  • report
    https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-47850.html