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Unscored USN-8405-2 0 CVEs

cups regression

Published Jun 15, 2026 · Updated Jun 15, 2026

Summary

USN-8405-1 fixed vulnerabilities in CUPS. The update introduced a
regression that cause CUPS to crash when parsing certain large printer PPD
files. This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

Ariel Silver discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled username comparisons
during authorization checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue
to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations. (CVE-2026-27447)

Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
notify-recipient-uri values in the RSS notifier. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to overwrite lp-writable files and cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2026-34978)

Jacob Newman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled filter option strings
when processing job attributes. An attacker could use this issue to cause
CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34979)

Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
page-border values in shared PostScript queues. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34980)

Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
localhost authentication to attacker-controlled IPP services. A local
attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files
and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34990)

Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled negative
job-password-supported values. A local attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-39314)

Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled temporary printer
deletion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2026-39316)

Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed
SNMP responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2026-41079)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS cups 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.21
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS cups 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.14
Ubuntu · 25.10 cups 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.10
Ubuntu · 26.04 LTS 26.04:LTS cups 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.3

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2156339