Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title cups-filters vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2210-1 First vendor Publication 2014-05-08
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2014-05-08
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 8.3 Attack Range Adjacent network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 6.5 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.

Software Description: - cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters

Details:

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that cups-browsed incorrectly filtered remote printer names and strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2014-2707)

Johannes Meixner discovered that cups-browsed ignored invalid BrowseAllow directives. This could cause it to accept browse packets from all hosts, contrary to intended configuration.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
cups-browsed 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2210-1
CVE-2014-2707

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2210-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-78 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24862
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24862
Title: USN-2210-1 -- cups-filters vulnerability
Description: Several security issues were fixed in cups-filters.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2210-1
CVE-2014-2707
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 14.04
Product(s): cups-filters
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 10

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2016-04-19 CUPS Filters command injection attempt
RuleID : 38263 - Revision : 2 - Type : SERVER-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-07-15 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-492.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-100.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-2949.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-3003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-3036.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-17 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201406-16.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-10 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-5759.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-05-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2210-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-05-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-5765.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-04-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-4708.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-05-10 13:25:56
  • Multiple Updates
2014-05-09 21:30:09
  • Multiple Updates
2014-05-08 21:24:58
  • First insertion