RHSA-2024:7461 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: cups-filters security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 2, 2024
Updated · October 22, 2026
Topic
An update for cups-filters is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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 cups-filters package contains back ends, filters, and other software that was once part of the core Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) distribution but is now maintained independently.
Security Fix(es):
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cups-browsed: cups-browsed binds on UDP INADDR_ANY:631 trusting any packet from any source ()
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cups-filters: libcupsfilters:
cfGetPrinterAttributesAPI does not perform sanitization on returned IPP attributes (CVE-2024-47076) -
cups: libppd: remote command injection via attacker controlled data in PPD file ()
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.