Command Injection in cups-filters (Alpine package)

1) Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU32368

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2265

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

cups-filters (Alpine package): 1.0.41-r0 - 1.0.61-r1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:cups-filters_alpine_package:1.0.41-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.6
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:cups-filters_alpine_package:1.0.41-r1:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.7
• cpe:2.3:a:alpine:cups-filters_alpine_package:1.0.53-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:2.7

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f00233cea0ab2fa72c0fb478de0cefb4e88d23b4

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.