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Medium USN-6184-2 1 CVE

cups vulnerability

Published Jul 17, 2023 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

USN-6184-1 fixed a vulnerability in CUPS. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain memory operations.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or to possibly obtain sensitive information.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS cups 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm3
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS cups 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2023-34241

    CUPS vulnerable to use-after-free in cupsdAcceptClient()

    OpenPrinting CUPS is a standards-based, open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Starting in version 2.0.0 and prior to version 2.4.6, CUPS logs data of free memory to the logging service AFTER the connection has been close…

    OpenPrinting cups cups cups Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-34241