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CVE-2017-18248

Publication date 26 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

The add_job function in scheduler/ipp.c in CUPS before 2.2.6, when D-Bus support is enabled, can be crashed by remote attackers by sending print jobs with an invalid username, related to a D-Bus notification.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Fixed 2.2.4-7ubuntu3.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.5
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.10

Patch details

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Package Patch details
cups

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H