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The CUPS explout is here: GitHub - RickdeJager/cupshax (github.com)
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I hope this goes without saying but please do not run this on machines you don't own.

The good news:

  • the exploit seems to require user action

The bad news:

  • Device Firewalls are ineffective against this

  • if someone created a malicious printer on a local network like a library they could create serious issues

  • it is hard to patch without breaking printing

  • it is very easy to create printers that look legit

  • even if you don't hit print the cups user agent can reveal lots of information. This may be blocked at the Firewall

TLDR: you should be careful hitting print

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

CUPS facing the public internet sounds a bit crazy. Why would you print when not physicly near the printer?

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think this would likely be most troublesome on some of the OG internet users that got a whole freaking /8, /10, or /12 or something like AT&T or universities. Up until very recently, and possibly even to the present, these organizations had such large IPv4 space, that there was no need to do NAT, and each device had a publicly addressable IP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assigned_/8_IPv4_address_blocks

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everything would still be behind a firewall though

[–] jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

everything should be behind a firewall