RHSA-2024:7504 — 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 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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.