SB2015032401 - Command Injection in OpenPrinting cups-filters
Published: March 24, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015032401
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2265)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The remove_bad_chars function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-filters before 1.0.66 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via consecutive shell metacharacters in the (1) model or (2) PDL. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0132.html
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7333
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:196
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2532-1
- https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265