Analyzing the Latest CUPS RCE Vulnerability: Threats and Mitigations
Remote Code Execution (RCE) in CUPS via ‘cups-browsed’ CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) is a popular printing system for Unix-like systems, with cups-browsed responsible for printer discovery and network browsing. A recent vulnerability in cups-browsed allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) through manipulated printer discovery responses. This vulnerability is caused by insufficient input validation on UDP […]
Critical 9.9 Linux Bug Exposes Containers, Hosts and Endpoints to Remote Code Execution (RCE) Exploits
Several critical Linux vulnerabilities have been declared, involving a bug in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System. All versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) are among the Linux distributions affected, but not in default configuration. There are four vulnerabilities that have been identified and allocated the following CVEs – CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176 and CVE-2024-47177. […]
