ubuntu-cve-2015-8560
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-12-15 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.4.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) character in a print job, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8327.

Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "cups-browsed",
            "binary_version": "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cups-filters",
            "binary_version": "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "cups-filters-core-drivers",
            "binary_version": "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcupsfilters1",
            "binary_version": "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libfontembed1",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "cups-filters",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups-filters@1.0.52-0ubuntu1.7?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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            {
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "1.0.40-0ubuntu2",
        "1.0.41-0ubuntu1",
        "1.0.41-2",
        "1.0.42-1",
        "1.0.42-2",
        "1.0.43-1",
        "1.0.44-1",
        "1.0.44-2",
        "1.0.45-1",
        "1.0.46-0ubuntu1",
        "1.0.47-0ubuntu1",
        "1.0.48-0ubuntu1",
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        "1.0.49-0ubuntu1",
        "1.0.50-0ubuntu1",
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        "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.1",
        "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.2",
        "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.4",
        "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.5",
        "1.0.52-0ubuntu1.6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "foomatic-filters",
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          }
        ]
      },
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "foomatic-filters",
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      },
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            },
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.4.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) character in a print job, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8327.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8560",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:51Z",
  "published": "2015-12-15T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8560"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/13/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2838-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2838-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8560"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2838-2",
    "USN-2838-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-8560"
  ]
}



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