{"id":"MGASA-2018-0224","summary":"Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability","details":"CUPS before version 2.2.6 has a vulnerability in the handling of\nusernames in the scheduler/ipp.c:add_job() function. A remote attacker\ncould exploit this by submitting a print job with an invalid UTF-8\nusername to cause a crash and subsequent denial of service\n(CVE-2017-18248).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:23:12.276517362Z","published":"2018-05-09T18:33:09Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-18248"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0224.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22877"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IGQ3XXPAM2RKAOIEXMCKKNICIKDLKWE2/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cups","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/cups?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.4-1.5.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0224.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}