Fedora 40: libppd 2024-01127974ec Security Advisory Updates
Summary
Libppd provides all PPD related function/API which is going
to be removed from CUPS 3.X, but are still required for retro-fitting
support of legacy printers. The library is meant only for retro-fitting
printer applications, any new printer drivers have to be written as
native printer application without libppd.
Update Information:
Fix for remote vulnerabilities against OpenPrinting cups-filters
Change Log
* Thu Sep 26 2024 Justin M. Forbes
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2314997 - [Major Incident] CVE-2024-47176 cups-browsed: cups-browsed binds on UDP INADDR_ANY:631 trusting any packet from any source [fedora-40]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2314997
[ 2 ] Bug #2315000 - [Major Incident] CVE-2024-47076 libcupsfilters: `cfGetPrinterAttributes` API does not perform sanitization on returned IPP attributes [fedora-40]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315000
[ 3 ] Bug #2315004 - [Major Incident] CVE-2024-47175 libppd: remote command injection via attacker controlled data in PPD file [fedora-40]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315004
[ 4 ] Bug #2315005 - [Major Incident] CVE-2024-47177 cups-filters: foomatic-rip in cups-filters allows arbitrary command execution via the FoomaticRIPCommandLine PPD parameter [fedora-40]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2315005
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-01127974ec' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label