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Message-ID: <2c4ce76b-968f-4531-bcc3-71431a7711dc@manz.at>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 07:34:38 +0000
From: "Schwedas, Sven" <Sven.Schwedas@...z.at>
To: "oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: [EXTERN] Re: Multiple CVEs disclosed in CUPS

On  2026-04-08 03:40, Peter Gutmann wrote:
>  Under Ubuntu it's
> installed by default and deeply embedded into things (some packages can't be
> removed at all, try a 'sudo apt purge libcups*' but whatever you do don't hit
> 'y')

libcups itself is only the client side that does not seem vulnerable to 
any of the issues, cupsd can be managed like any other daemon, and worst 
case can be firewalled off if that does not work for whatever reason.

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