Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update
A low severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-47175) in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) allows remote command injection via attacker-controlled data in PPD files. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and related variants. Red Hat has released an update to address this vulnerability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-47175 is a remote command injection vulnerability in the libppd component of CUPS, caused by processing attacker-controlled data in PPD files. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject commands remotely through crafted PPD files. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:0083) providing an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix this issue. The advisory rates the security impact as low and provides packages to remediate the vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables remote command injection via malicious PPD files processed by CUPS, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The security impact is rated low by Red Hat, indicating limited risk or difficulty of exploitation in typical environments.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for CUPS in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0083 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update
Description
A low severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-47175) in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) allows remote command injection via attacker-controlled data in PPD files. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and related variants. Red Hat has released an update to address this vulnerability.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-47175 is a remote command injection vulnerability in the libppd component of CUPS, caused by processing attacker-controlled data in PPD files. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject commands remotely through crafted PPD files. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:0083) providing an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix this issue. The advisory rates the security impact as low and provides packages to remediate the vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables remote command injection via malicious PPD files processed by CUPS, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The security impact is rated low by Red Hat, indicating limited risk or difficulty of exploitation in typical environments.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for CUPS in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:0083 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:0083
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1e94853345fc182faf1
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:21 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:37:45 UTC
Last updated: 07/03/2026, 20:51:20 UTC
Views: 5
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