CVE-2015-1159
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgi_puts function in cgi-bin/template.c in the template engine in CUPS before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the QUERY parameter to help/.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.7.5-12 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.7.5-12 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.7.5-12 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.7.5-12 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.7.5-12 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| cups | cups | {"endIncluding":"2.0.2"} | |
References
- http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2015/06/owning-internet-printing-case-study-in.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10702
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html
- http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L1082
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3283
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/810572
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75106
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032556
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2629-1
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924208
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221642
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=455
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-07
- https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4609
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1159
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.