Hardware Others PSA: Critical 9.9 vulnerability discovered in the CUPS package (Linux)

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The CUPS printing system, developed by Apple for UNIX systems and found in most Linux distros, has been in the news lately for a critical undisclosed 9.9 vulnerability in which an attacker can execute arbitrary code through an infected machine. It is HIGHLY recommended that you do disable or update those components when possible.

A guide to disable them can be found here: https://xeiaso.net/notes/2024/cups-cve/

The CVEs if you're interested:

CVE-2024-47076 (libcupsfilters)
CVE-2024-47175 (libppd)
CVE-2024-47176 (cups-browsed)
CVE-2024-47177 (cups-filters)
 
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