[Cucumber-linux-security] cups (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for cups for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1 RC

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

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Mon Mar 26 15:11:59 EDT 2018
apps-base/cups rebuilt (build 11) to fix CVE-2017-18248, a security
	vulnerability which allowed for a remote attacker to perform a denial of
	service (crash a Cups server) by sending a print job with a username
	that contains invalid UTF-8 Characters. For more information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=346
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18248
		https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5143
multilib/apps-base/cups-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 11, x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-346 [CVE-2017-18248]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=346)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure cups is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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