#VU10942 Command injection in CUPS - CVE-2017-18190
Published: March 12, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10942
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18190
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
CUPS
CUPS
Software vendor:
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists in a localhost.localdomain whitelist entry in valid_host() in scheduler/client.c due to the localhost.localdomain name is often resolved via a DNS server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted POST requests to the CUPS daemon in conjunction with DNS rebinding, inject and execute arbitrary IPP commands.
The weakness exists in a localhost.localdomain whitelist entry in valid_host() in scheduler/client.c due to the localhost.localdomain name is often resolved via a DNS server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted POST requests to the CUPS daemon in conjunction with DNS rebinding, inject and execute arbitrary IPP commands.
Remediation
Update to version 2.2.2.