Building your own Linux print server can be a fun and cheap way to repurpose old hardware into something useful.

Use this in-depth tutorial to master the troubleshooting and administration of Linux printers.

In short, if you're running the Unix printing system CUPS, with cups-browsed present and enabled, you may be vulnerable to attacks that could lead to your computer being commandeered over the ...

Yes, there are security holes in OpenPrinting CUPS, which Linux, Chrome OS, MacOS, and some Unix systems use for printing, but it's not that bad. Here's how to check if you're at risk.

Under certain conditions, attackers can chain a set of vulnerabilities in multiple components of the CUPS open-source printing system to execute arbitrary code remotely on vulnerable machines.

Today’s bug patches and security alerts: Linux CUPS vulnerability fixed A flaw in versions of Common Unix Printing System prior to 1.1.19 could be exploited via the Internet Printing Protocol ...

The Cups Linux printing vulnerabilities disclosed at the end of September would seem to have a nasty sting in their tail, according to researchers at Akamai ...

Several vulnerabilities can be chained together to remotely register rogue printers and execute commands as root on many Linux systems.

The vulnerabilities, impacting all versions of Enterprise Linux, have been confirmed in Ubuntu Linux 24.04.1, and potentially affect any system running the cups-browsed component. Security researchers ...

If you really want to see what's happening beneath the hood of your Linux distribution, you need to use log files.