CVE-2015-8560

Publication date 15 December 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.3 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups-filters 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Fixed 1.0.76-1ubuntu0.2
15.04 vivid
Fixed 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.6
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.7
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
foomatic-filters 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.0.17-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.0.16-0ubuntu0.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
cups-filters

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.3 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2838-1
    • cups-filters vulnerability
    • 16 December 2015
    • USN-2838-2
    • foomatic-filters vulnerability
    • 16 December 2015

Other references