Description
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:196
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7333
Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2532-1
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0132.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0577
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-77
Status
published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.10
linuxfoundation/cups-filters
< 1.0.65
Published
Mar 24, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026