Input validation error in cups-filters - CVE-2015-8327

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Input validation error in cups-filters - CVE-2015-8327

Published: December 17, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33815
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8327
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.2.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via ` (backtick) characters in a print job. <a href="https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/184.html">CWE-184: Incomplete Blacklist</a>


Affected software

cups-filters
cups-filters (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2015-8327

Install update from vendor's website.

cups-filters - update to 1.2.0
cups-filters (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.53-r1

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