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High USN-6083-1 1 CVE

cups-filters vulnerability

Published May 17, 2023 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled the beh CUPS
backend. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the
backend to stop responding or to execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS cups-filters 1.20.2-0ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS cups-filters 1.27.4-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS cups-filters 1.28.15-0ubuntu1.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2023-24805

    Command injection in cups-filters

    cups-filters contains backends, filters, and other software required to get the cups printing service working on operating systems other than macos. If you use the Backend Error Handler (beh) to create an accessible network printer, this security vulnerabilit…

    OpenPrinting cups-filters cups-filters cups-filters Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-24805