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Low ALSA-2025:0083 1 CVE

Low: cups security update

Published Jan 8, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems.

Security Fix(es):

* cups: libppd: remote command injection via attacker controlled data in PPD file (CVE-2024-47175)

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 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 cups 1:2.2.6-62.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-client 1:2.2.6-62.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-devel 1:2.2.6-62.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-filesystem 1:2.2.6-62.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-ipptool 1:2.2.6-62.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-libs 1:2.2.6-62.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 cups-lpd 1:2.2.6-62.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • 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…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-47175
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2314256
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-0083.html