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CHANGES - OpenPrinting CUPS 2.4.2 - 2022-05-26

Changes in CUPS v2.4.3 (TBA)

  • Added a title with device uri for found network printers (Issues #402, #393)

  • Added new media sizes defined by IANA (Issues #501)

  • Added quirk for GoDEX label printers (Issue #440)

  • Fixed --enable-libtool-unsupported (Issue #394)

  • Fixed configuration on RISC-V machines (Issue #404)

  • Fixed the device_uri invalid pointer for driverless printers with .local hostname (Issue #419)

  • Fixed an OpenSSL crash bug (Issue #409)

  • Fixed a potential SNMP OID value overflow issue (Issue #431)

  • Fixed an OpenSSL certificate loading issue (Issue #465)

  • Fixed Brazilian Portuguese translations (Issue #288)

  • Fixed invalid memory access during generating IPP Everywhere queue (Issue #466)

  • Fixed memory leaks in create_local_bg_thread() (Issue #466)

  • Fixed TLS certificate generation bugs.

  • ippDeleteValues would not delete the last value (Issue #556)

  • Ignore some of IPP defaults if the application sends its PPD alternative (Issue #484)

  • Now look for default printer on network if needed (Issue #452)

  • Now report fax attributes and values as needed (Issue #459)

  • Now localize HTTP responses using the Content-Language value (Issue #426)

  • Raised file size limit for importing PPD via Web UI (Issue #433)

  • Update print-color-mode if the printer is modified via ColorModel PPD option (Issue #451)

  • Use localhost when printing via printer application (Issue #353)

  • Write defaults into /etc/cups/lpoptions if we're root (Issue #456)

Changes in CUPS v2.4.2 (26th May 2022)

  • Fixed certificate strings comparison for Local authorization (CVE-2022-26691)

  • The cupsFileOpen function no longer opens files for append in read-write mode (Issue #291)

  • The cupsd daemon removed processing temporary queue (Issue #364)

  • Fixed delay in IPP backend if GNUTLS is used and endpoint doesn't confirm closing the connection (Issue #365)

  • Fixed conditional jump based on uninitialized value in cups/ppd.c (Issue #329)

  • Fixed CSS related issues in CUPS Web UI (Issue #344)

  • Fixed copyright in CUPS Web UI trailer template (Issue #346)

  • mDNS hostname in device uri is not resolved when installing a permanent IPP Everywhere queue (Issues #340, #343)

  • The lpstat command now reports when the scheduler is not running (Issue #352)

  • Updated the man pages concerning the -h option (Issue #357)

  • Re-added LibreSSL/OpenSSL support (Issue #362)

  • Updated the Solaris smf service file (Issue #368)

  • Fixed a regression in lpoptions option support (Issue #370)

  • The scheduler now regenerates the PPD cache information after changing the "cupsd.conf" file (Issue #371)

  • Updated the scheduler to set "auth-info-required" to "username,password" if a backend reports it needs authentication info but doesn't set a method for authentication (Issue #373)

  • Updated the configure script to look for the OpenSSL library the old way if pkg-config is not available (Issue #375)

  • Fixed the prototype for the httpWriteResponse function (Issue #380)

  • Brought back minimal AIX support (Issue #389)

  • cupsGetResponse did not always set the last error.

  • Fixed a number of old references to the Apple CUPS web page.

  • Restored the default/generic printer icon file for the web interface.

  • Removed old stylesheet classes that are no longer used by the web interface.

Changes in CUPS v2.4.1 (27th January 2020)

  • The default color mode now is now configurable and defaults to the printer's reported default mode (Issue #277)

  • Configuration script now checks linking for -Wl,-pie flags (Issue #303)

  • Fixed memory leaks - in testi18n (Issue #313), in cups_enum_dests() (Issue #317), in _cupsEncodeOption() and http_tls_upgrade() (Issue #322)

  • Fixed missing bracket in de/index.html (Issue #299)

  • Fixed typos in configuration scripts (Issues #304, #316)

  • Removed remaining legacy code for RIP_MAX_CACHE environment variable (Issue #323)

  • Removed deprecated directives from cupsctl and cups-files.conf (Issue #300)

  • Removed purge-jobs legacy code from CGI scripts and templates (Issue #325)

Changes in CUPS v2.4.0 (29th November 2021)

  • Added configure option --with-idle-exit-timeout (Issue #294)

  • Added --with-systemd-timeoutstartsec configure option (Issue #298)

  • DigestOptions now are applied for MD5 Digest authentication defined by RFC 2069 as well (Issue #287)

  • Fixed compilation on Solaris (Issue #293)

  • Fixed and improved German translations (Issue #296, Issue #297)

Changes in CUPS v2.4rc1 (12th November 2021)

  • Added warning and debug messages when loading printers if the queue is raw or with driver (Issue #286)

  • Compilation now uses -fstack-protector-strong if available (Issue #285)

Changes in CUPS v2.4b1 (27th October 2021)

  • Added support for CUPS running in a Snapcraft snap.

  • Added basic OAuth 2.0 client support (Issue #100)

  • Added support for AirPrint and Mopria clients (Issue #105)

  • Added configure support for specifying systemd dependencies in the CUPS service file (Issue #144)

  • Added several features and improvements to ipptool (Issue #153)

  • Added a JSON output mode for ipptool.

  • The ipptool command now correctly reports an error when a test file cannot be found.

  • CUPS library now uses thread safe getpwnam_r and getpwuid_r functions (Issue #274)

  • Fixed Kerberos authentication for the web interface (Issue #19)

  • The ZPL sample driver now supports more "standard" label sizes (Issue #70)

  • Fixed reporting of printer instances when enumerating and when no options are set for the main instance (Issue #71)

  • Reverted USB read limit enforcement change from CUPS 2.2.12 (Issue #72)

  • The IPP backend did not return the correct status code when a job was canceled at the printer/server (Issue #74)

  • The testlang unit test program now loops over all of the available locales by default (Issue #85)

  • The cupsfilter command now shows error messages when options are used incorrectly (Issue #88)

  • The PPD functions now treat boolean values as case-insensitive (Issue #106)

  • Temporary queue names no longer end with an underscore (Issue #110)

  • The USB backend now runs as root (Issue #121)

  • Added pkg-config file for libcups (Issue #122)

  • Fixed a PPD memory leak caused by emulator definitions (Issue #124)

  • Fixed a DISPLAY bug in ipptool (Issue #139)

  • The scheduler now includes the [Job N] prefix for job log messages, even when using syslog logging (Issue #154)

  • Added support for locales using the GB18030 character set (Issue #159)

  • httpReconnect2 did not reset the socket file descriptor when the TLS negotiation failed (Apple #5907)

  • httpUpdate did not reset the socket file descriptor when the TLS negotiation failed (Apple #5915)

  • The IPP backend now retries Validate-Job requests (Issue #132)

  • Now show better error messages when a driver interface program fails to provide a PPD file (Issue #148)

  • Added dark mode support to the CUPS web interface (Issue #152)

  • Added a workaround for Solaris in httpAddrConnect2 (Issue #156)

  • Fixed an interaction between --remote-admin and --remote-any for the cupsctl command (Issue #158)

  • Now use a 60 second timeout for reading USB backchannel data (Issue #160)

  • The USB backend now tries harder to find a serial number (Issue #170)

  • Fixed @IF(name) handling in cupsd.conf (Apple #5918)

  • Fixed documentation and added examples for CUPS' limited CGI support (Apple #5940)

  • Fixed the lpc command prompt (Apple #5946)

  • Now always pass "localhost" in the Host: header when talking over a domain socket or the loopback interface (Issue #185)

  • Fixed a job history update issue in the scheduler (Issue #187)

  • Fixed job-pages-per-set value for duplex print jobs.

  • Fixed an edge case in ippReadIO to make sure that only complete attributes and values are retained on an error (Issue #195)

  • Hardened ippReadIO to prevent invalid IPP messages from being propagated (Issue #195, Issue #196)

  • The scheduler now supports the "everywhere" model directly (Issue #201)

  • Fixed some IPP Everywhere option mapping problems (Issue #238)

  • Fixed support for "job-hold-until" with the Restart-Job operation (Issue #250)

  • Fixed the default color/grayscale presets for IPP Everywhere PPDs (Issue #262)

  • Fixed support for the 'offline-report' state for all USB backends (Issue #264)

  • Documentation fixes (Issue #92, Issue #163, Issue #177, Issue #184)

  • Localization updates (Issue #123, Issue #129, Issue #134, Issue #146, Issue #164)

  • USB quirk updates (Issue #192, Issue #270, Apple #5766, Apple #5838, Apple #5843, Apple #5867)

  • Web interface updates (Issue #142, Issue #218)

  • The ippeveprinter tool now automatically uses an available port.

  • Fixed several Windows TLS and hashing issues.

  • Deprecated cups-config (Issue #97)

  • Deprecated Kerberos (AuthType Negotiate) authentication (Issue #98)

  • Removed support for the (long deprecated and unused) FontPath, ListenBackLog, LPDConfigFile, KeepAliveTimeout, RIPCache, and SMBConfigFile directives in cupsd.conf and cups-files.conf.

  • Stubbed out deprecated httpMD5 functions.

  • Add test for undefined page ranges during printing.

CUPS v2.3.3op2 (February 1, 2021)

  • Security: Fixed a buffer (read) overflow in the ippReadIO function (CVE-2020-10001)

  • Clarified the documentation for the "Listen" directive (Issue #53)

  • Fixed duplicate ColorModel entries for AirPrint printers (Issue 59)

  • Fixed directory/permission defaults for Debian kfreebsd-based systems (Issue #60, Issue #61)

  • Fixed crash bug in ppdOpen (Issue #64, Issue #78)

  • Fixed regression in snprintf emulation function (Issue #67)

  • The scheduler's systemd service file now waits for the nslcd service to start (Issue #69)

  • The libusb-based USB backend now uses a simpler read timer implementation to avoid a regression in a previous change (Issue #72)

  • The PPD caching code now only tracks the APPrinterIconPath value on macOS (Issue #73)

  • Fixed segfault in help.cgi when searching in man pages (Issue #81)

  • Root certificates were incorrectly stored in "~/.cups/ssl".

CUPS v2.3.3op1 (November 27, 2020)

  • The automated test suite can now be activated using make test for consistency with other projects and CI environments - the old make check continues to work as well, and the previous test server behavior can be accessed by running make testserver.

  • ippeveprinter now supports multiple icons and strings files.

  • ippeveprinter now uses the system's FQDN with Avahi.

  • ippeveprinter now supports Get-Printer-Attributes on "/".

  • ippeveprinter now uses a deterministic "printer-uuid" value.

  • ippeveprinter now uses system sounds on macOS for Identify-Printer.

  • Updated ippfind to look for files in "~/Desktop" on Windows.

  • Updated ippfind to honor SKIP-XXX directives with PAUSE.

  • Updated IPP Everywhere support to work around printers that only advertise color raster support but really also support grayscale (Issue #1)

  • ipptool now supports DNS-SD URIs like ipps://My%20Printer._ipps._tcp.local (Issue #5)

  • The scheduler now allows root backends to have world read permissions but not world execute permissions (Issue #21)

  • Failures to bind IPv6 listener sockets no longer cause errors if IPv6 is disabled on the host (Issue #25)

  • The SNMP backend now supports the HP and Ricoh vendor MIBs (Issue #28)

  • The scheduler no longer includes a timestamp in files it writes (Issue #29)

  • The systemd service names are now "cups.service" and "cups-lpd.service" (Issue #30, Issue #31)

  • The scheduler no longer adds the local hostname to the ServerAlias list (Issue #32)

  • Added LogFileGroup directive in "cups-files.conf" to control the group owner of log files (Issue #34)

  • Added --with-max-log-size configure option (Issue #35)

  • Added --enable-sync-on-close configure option (Issue #37)

  • Added --with-error-policy configure option (Issue #38)

  • IPP Everywhere PPDs could have an "unknown" default InputSlot (Issue #44)

  • The httpAddrListen function now uses a listen backlog of 128.

  • Added USB quirks (Apple issue #5789, #5823, #5831)

  • Fixed IPP Everywhere v1.1 conformance issues in ippeveprinter.

  • Fixed DNS-SD name collision support in ippeveprinter.

  • Fixed compiler and code analyzer warnings.

  • Fixed TLS support on Windows.

  • Fixed ippfind sub-type searches with Avahi.

  • Fixed the default hostname used by ippeveprinter on macOS.

  • Fixed resolution of local IPP-USB printers with Avahi.

  • Fixed coverity issues (Issue #2)

  • Fixed httpAddrConnect issues (Issue #3)

  • Fixed web interface device URI issue (Issue #4)

  • Fixed lp/lpr "printer/class not found" error reporting (Issue #6)

  • Fixed xinetd support for LPD clients (Issue #7)

  • Fixed libtool build issue (Issue #11)

  • Fixed a memory leak in the scheduler (Issue #12)

  • Fixed a potential integer overflow in the PPD hashing code (Issue #13)

  • Fixed output-bin and print-quality handling issues (Issue #18)

  • Fixed PPD options getting mapped to odd IPP values like "tray---4" (Issue #23)

  • Fixed remote access to the cupsd.conf and log files (Issue #24)

  • Fixed the automated test suite when running in certain build/CI environments (Issue #25)

  • Fixed a logging regression caused by a previous change for Apple issue #5604 (Issue #25)

  • Fixed fax phone number handling with GNOME (Issue #40)

  • Fixed potential rounding error in rastertopwg filter (Issue #41)

  • Fixed the "uri-security-supported" value from the scheduler (Issue #42)

  • Fixed IPP backend crash bug with "printer-alert" values (Issue #43)

  • Removed old Solaris inetconv(1m) reference in cups-lpd man page (Issue #46)

  • Fixed default options that incorrectly use the "custom" prefix (Issue #48)

  • Fixed a memory leak when resolving DNS-SD URIs (Issue #49)

  • Fixed systemd status reporting by adopting the notify interface (Issue #51)

  • Fixed crash in rastertopwg (Apple issue #5773)

  • Fixed cupsManualCopies values in IPP Everywhere PPDs (Apple issue #5807)