PT-2014-4923 · Apple+3 · Cups+3

Alex Korobkin · Published 2014-04-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2014-2856

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CUPS versions prior to 1.7.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path, related to the is path absolute function. This is due to a flaw in the scheduler/client.c component of the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS).

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.2, update to version 1.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the scheduler/client.c component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1513

CESA-2014_1388

CVE-2014-2856

MGASA-2014-0193

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10075-1

RHSA-2014:1388

RHSA-2014_1388

USN-2172-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Cups

Centos

Red Hat

References · 64

• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1513 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5031 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2856 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2856 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01463 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2172-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2856 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5030 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5029 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2172-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/57880 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0193 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2856 · Vendor Advisory