RHSA-2024:7623 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: cups-filters security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · October 3, 2024

Updated · October 22, 2026

Topic

An update for cups-filters is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service.

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):

  • cups-browsed: cups-browsed binds on UDP INADDR_ANY:631 trusting any packet from any source ()

  • cups-filters: libcupsfilters: cfGetPrinterAttributes API 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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2024:7623 — Red Hat Security Advisory: cups-filters security update | PulseLinux