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CVE-2015-8327

Publication date 2 December 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups-filters 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Fixed 1.0.76-1ubuntu0.1
15.04 vivid
Fixed 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.5
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.6
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
foomatic-filters 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.17-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.0.16-0ubuntu0.3

Notes

tyhicks

Per Debian, introduced in cups-filters 1.0.42 and foomatic-filters 4.0-20090301

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
cups-filters

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2831-2
    • foomatic-filters vulnerability
    • 7 December 2015
    • USN-2831-1
    • cups-filters vulnerability
    • 7 December 2015

Other references