USN-7041-1 fixed a vulnerability in CUPS. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Simone Margaritelli discovered that CUPS incorrectly sanitized IPP data when creating PPD files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to manipulate PPD files and execute arbitrary code when a printer is used.
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