RHSA-2020:3864 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security and bug fix update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 30, 2020
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for cups is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems.
Security Fix(es):
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cups: DNS rebinding attacks via incorrect whitelist (CVE-2017-18190)
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cups: stack-buffer-overflow in libcups's asn1_get_type function (CVE-2019-8675)
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cups: stack-buffer-overflow in libcups's asn1_get_packed function (CVE-2019-8696)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.