Back Linuxsecurity SUSE CUPS Critical Security Advisory 2026-20231-1 CVE-2025
## This update for cups fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.4.16. Security issues fixed: * CVE-2025-61915: local denial-of-service via cupsd.conf update and related issues (bsc#1253783). * CVE-2025-58436: slow client communication leads to a possible DoS attack (bsc#1244057). * CVE-2025-58364: unsafe deserialization and validation of printer attributes can cause a null dereference (bsc#1249128). * CVE-2025-58060: authentication bypass with AuthType Negotiate (bsc#1249049). Other updates and bugfixes: * Version upgrade to 2.4.16: * 'cupsUTF8ToCharset' didn't validate 2-byte UTF-8 sequences, potentially reading past the end of the source string (Issue #1438) * The web interface did not support domain usernames fully (Issue #1441) Read the Full Advisory
## This update for cups fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.4.16. Security issues fixed: * CVE-2025-61915: local denial-of-service via cupsd.conf update and related issues (bsc#1253783). * CVE-2025-58436: slow client communication leads to a possible DoS attack (bsc#1244057). * CVE-2025-58364: unsafe deserialization and validation of printer attributes can cause a null dereference (bsc#1249128). * CVE-2025-58060: authentication bypass with AuthType Negotiate (bsc#1249049). Other updates and bugfixes: * Version upgrade to 2.4.16: * 'cupsUTF8ToCharset' didn't validate 2-byte UTF-8 sequences, potentially reading past the end of the source string (Issue #1438) * The web interface did not support domain usernames fully (Issue #1441) Read the Full Advisory
* bsc#1244057 * bsc#1249049 * bsc#1249128 * bsc#1253783 * bsc#1254353 * jsc#PED-14688 * jsc#PED-14775 Cross- * CVE-2025-58060 * CVE-2025-58364 * CVE-2025-58436 * CVE-2025-61915 CVSS scores: * CVE-2025-58060 ( SUSE ): 7.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N * CVE-2025-58060 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H * CVE-2025-58060 ( NVD ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H * CVE-2025-58364 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H * CVE-2025-58364 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H * CVE-2025-58436 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N * CVE-2025-58436 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Read the Full Advisory
* CVE-2025-58060 ( SUSE ): 7.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2025-58060 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2025-58060 ( NVD ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2025-58364 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-58364 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2025-58436 ( SUSE ): 8.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2025-58436 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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