FKIE_CVE-2015-1159

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-06-26 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:21
Severity
Summary
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/.
References
product-security@apple.comhttp://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2015/06/owning-internet-printing-case-study-in.htmlTechnical Description
product-security@apple.comhttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10702Third Party Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
product-security@apple.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
product-security@apple.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
product-security@apple.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.cups.org/blog.php?L1082Vendor Advisory
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3283
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/810572Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75106Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032556
product-security@apple.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2629-1
product-security@apple.comhttps://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924208Issue Tracking
product-security@apple.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221642Issue Tracking
product-security@apple.comhttps://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=455Exploit
product-security@apple.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-07Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
product-security@apple.comhttps://www.cups.org/str.php?L4609Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.in/2015/06/owning-internet-printing-case-study-in.htmlTechnical Description
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10702Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1123.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L1082Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3283
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/810572Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75106Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032556
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2629-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924208Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221642Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=455Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-07Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4609Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cups cups *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:21:53.313",
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