Vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Cups-filters
CVE-2015-8560
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.4.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) character in a print job…
EPSS: 0.093 (92.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Linuxfoundation Cups-filters — versions 1.0.42, 1.0.43, 1.0.44
- Linuxfoundation Foomatic-filters — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- DSA-3419 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- [oss-security] 20151214 Re: CVE Request: Cups Filters/Foomatic Filters: Does not consider semicolon as an illegal shell escape character (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- USN-2838-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- DSA-3429 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- USN-2838-2 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- [oss-security] 20151213 CVE Request: Cups Filters/Foomatic Filters: Does not consider semicolon as an illegal shell escape character (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- RHSA-2016:0491 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-8560?
- CVE-2015-8560 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxfoundation Cups-filters. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2016-04-14.
- How severe is CVE-2015-8560?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-8560 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.