USN-6083-1 fixed a vulnerability in cups-filters. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled the beh CUPS backend. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the backend to stop responding or to execute arbitrary code.
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