Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | cups-filters vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2838-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-12-16 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-12-16 |
| 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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: cups-filters could be made to run programs as the lp user if it processed a specially crafted print job. Software Description: - cups-filters: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters Details: Adam Chester discovered that the cups-filters foomatic-rip filter incorrectly stripped shell escape characters. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the lp user. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: Ubuntu 15.04: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-1 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-04-22 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2016-690.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-24 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2016-0491.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-24 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0040.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-24 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20160323_foomatic_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-23 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-0491.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-23 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2016-0491.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-998911cf3f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-03-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2015-a108c34086.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-14 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-0112-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-29 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-954.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-22 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3429.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-21 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-371.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-18 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_7329938ba4e611e5b86414dae9d210b8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-17 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2838-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-17 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2838-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-16 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3419.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2016-04-20 21:30:20 |
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| 2016-04-14 21:30:27 |
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| 2015-12-18 13:27:55 |
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| 2015-12-16 21:23:53 |
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