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Critical Unauthenticated RCE Flaws in CUPS Printing Systems (blog.qualys.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How do you avoid interaction if it's being done automatically by your machine when you open up a print dialog, and if malicious servers can use the same names as legit printers?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I suppose I would avoid connecting to untrusted networks, or avoid opening print dialogs while on them, or uninstall CUPS until a fix is available.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Just a heads-up: A fix is available. I got an update to libcups-filters last night.