VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-4336
The generate_local_queue function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-browsed in cups-filters before 1.0.53 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the host name.
MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 1.06%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.06%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The generate_local_queue function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-browsed in cups-filters before 1.0.53 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the host name. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.06% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- linuxfoundation/cups-filters
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7194Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/25/7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/12Third Party Advisory
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7194Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/25/7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/12Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.