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Echo: cups: security update to 2.4.20-1+e1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 474772

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A flaw was found in CUPS. When processing embedded job ticket comments within documents, the service
 improperly handles specific IPP attributes, causing an unhandled null pointer dereference. An
 unauthenticated attacker permitted to submit jobs to a shared printer queue can send a crafted Internet
 Printing Protocol (IPP) request to crash the print daemon, resulting in a temporary Denial of Service
 (DoS) for all printing services. (CVE-2026-107655)

Solution

Update the cups library and its related packages to version 2.4.20-1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-107655

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 474772

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/16/2026

Updated: 10/16/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-107655

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-107655