Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8560 - Arbitrary Command Execution vulnerability in cups-filters
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8327. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/184.html">CWE-184: Incomplete Blacklist</a>
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3429.NASL description Michal Kowalczyk and Adam Chester discovered that missing input sanitising in the foomatic-rip print filter might result in the execution of arbitrary commands. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 87541 published 2015-12-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87541 title Debian DSA-3429-1 : foomatic-filters - security update NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2016-0112-1.NASL description This update fixes the following security issues : - CVE-2015-8327: adds backtick and semicolon to the list of illegal shell escape characters (bsc#957531). CVE-2015-8560: fixed code execution via improper escaping of ; (bsc#957531). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 87913 published 2016-01-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87913 title SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : foomatic-filters (SUSE-SU-2016:0112-1) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20160323_FOOMATIC_ON_SL6_X.NASL description It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560) last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2016-03-24 plugin id 90142 published 2016-03-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90142 title Scientific Linux Security Update : foomatic on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160323) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2015-954.NASL description This update for cups-filters fixes the following issues : - cups-filters-1.0.58-CVE-2015-8327-et_alii.patch adds back tick and semicolon to the list of illegal shell escape characters to fix CVE-2015-8327 and CVE-2015-8560 (boo#957531). last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2015-12-29 plugin id 87628 published 2015-12-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87628 title openSUSE Security Update : cups-filters (openSUSE-2015-954) NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2016-0040.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Also consider back tick and semicolon as illegal shell escape characters. - CVE-2015-8327, (CVE-2015-8560) - Prevent foomatic-rip overrun (bug #1214534). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90139 published 2016-03-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90139 title OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : foomatic (OVMSA-2016-0040) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2412.NASL description According to the versions of the foomatic packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.2.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via ` (backtick) characters in a print job.(CVE-2015-8327) - 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8327.(CVE-2015-8560) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-10 plugin id 131904 published 2019-12-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131904 title EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : foomatic (EulerOS-SA-2019-2412) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_7329938BA4E611E5B86414DAE9D210B8.NASL description Till Kamppeter reports : Cups Filters/Foomatic Filters does not consider semicolon as an illegal escape character. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 87482 published 2015-12-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87482 title FreeBSD : cups-filters -- code execution (7329938b-a4e6-11e5-b864-14dae9d210b8) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3419.NASL description Adam Chester discovered that missing input sanitising in the foomatic-rip print filter might result in the execution of arbitrary commands. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 87383 published 2015-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87383 title Debian DSA-3419-1 : cups-filters - security update NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2838-2.NASL description Adam Chester discovered that the foomatic-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. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 87463 published 2015-12-17 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87463 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : foomatic-filters vulnerability (USN-2838-2) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2016-0491.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2016:0491 : An updated foomatic package that fixes three security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available from the CVE links in the References section. Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560) All foomatic users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90110 published 2016-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90110 title Oracle Linux 6 : foomatic (ELSA-2016-0491) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2016-0491.NASL description An updated foomatic package that fixes three security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available from the CVE links in the References section. Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560) All foomatic users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90120 published 2016-03-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90120 title CentOS 6 : foomatic (CESA-2016:0491) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2016-0491.NASL description An updated foomatic package that fixes three security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available from the CVE links in the References section. Foomatic is a comprehensive, spooler-independent database of printers, printer drivers, and driver descriptions. The package also includes spooler-independent command line interfaces to manipulate queues and to print files and manipulate print jobs. It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8327, CVE-2015-8560) All foomatic users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90114 published 2016-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90114 title RHEL 6 : foomatic (RHSA-2016:0491) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2838-1.NASL description 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. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 87462 published 2015-12-17 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87462 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.04 / 15.10 : cups-filters vulnerability (USN-2838-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2015-A108C34086.NASL description Fixes CVE-2015-8560 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-03-04 plugin id 89343 published 2016-03-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89343 title Fedora 23 : cups-filters-1.4.0-1.fc23 (2015-a108c34086) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-371.NASL description Adam Chester discovered that there was an injection vulnerability in foomatic-filters which is used by printer spoolers to convert incoming PostScript data into the printer last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-12-21 plugin id 87508 published 2015-12-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87508 title Debian DLA-371-1 : foomatic-filters security update NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2579.NASL description According to the versions of the foomatic packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.2.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via ` (backtick) characters in a print job.(CVE-2015-8327) - 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8327.(CVE-2015-8560) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-19 plugin id 132296 published 2019-12-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132296 title EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : foomatic (EulerOS-SA-2019-2579) NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ALA_ALAS-2016-690.NASL description It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2015-8560) It was discovered that the unhtmlify() function of foomatic-rip did not correctly calculate buffer sizes, possibly leading to a heap-based memory corruption. A malicious attacker could exploit this flaw to cause foomatic-rip to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-5325) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90632 published 2016-04-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90632 title Amazon Linux AMI : foomatic (ALAS-2016-690) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2015-998911CF3F.NASL description Fixes CVE-2015-8560 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-03-04 plugin id 89336 published 2016-03-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89336 title Fedora 22 : cups-filters-1.4.0-1.fc22 (2015-998911cf3f) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1964.NASL description According to the versions of the foomatic packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands.(CVE-2015-8327) - It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands.(CVE-2015-8560) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-09-23 plugin id 129121 published 2019-09-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129121 title EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : foomatic (EulerOS-SA-2019-1964)
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References
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/annotate/head:/NEWS
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7419
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0491.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3419
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3429
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/13
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-2