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 ;
02 Description
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 ;
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-04-14 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 16df004ffdefcd04550c0a3db8649ae82f56e2bfa75c50ad4b01eedba72cd8ef
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3419http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3419
- bzr.linuxfoundation.orghttp://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7419
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151214 Re: CVE Request: Cups Filters/Foomatic Filters: Does not consider semicolon as an illegal shell escape characterhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/13
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2838-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-1
- bzr.linuxfoundation.orghttp://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/annotate/head:/NEWS
- www.debian.orgDSA-3429http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3429
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2838-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151213 CVE Request: Cups Filters/Foomatic Filters: Does not consider semicolon as an illegal shell escape characterhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/13/2
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0491http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0491.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups-filters Fixed in 1.4.0-1
- foomatic-filters Fixed in 4.0.17-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups-filters Fixed in 1.4.0-1
- foomatic-filters Fixed in 4.0.17-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups-filters Fixed in 1.4.0-1
- foomatic-filters Fixed in 4.0.17-7
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- cups-filters Fixed in 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.7
- foomatic-filters Fixed in 4.0.17-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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