Re: 9.9/10 security vulnerability affecting Linux (and others) set to be revealed on October 6th

On 2024-09-27, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

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MacOS was mentioned by Lunduke, but he also pointed out that he wasn't
sure if it affected them. He did mention that ChromeOS was affected. As
far as I can tell, fixing the problem will also require a user who needs
to print to return to the Stone Age in terms of configuration. I assume
that plugging the printer directly to the computer will not be
considered insecure, but any kind of automated network connectivity is
going to be a problem.
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Either way, this is serious and Linux users shouldn't casually dismiss
this. It should also be noted that this is just one of the many such
problems that are going to arise in the future.

The fix is to disable or uninstall cups-browsed. I did so and my printer
works fine for printing and scanning on my network. You can also just
block the UDP Port 631, which on most home machines is not exposed to the
Internet anyhow.

This is not a serious problem for most home Linux users. Another overblown
"catastrophe" warning. 

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