CVE-2014-8166

Publication date 12 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

The browsing feature in the server in CUPS does not filter ANSI escape sequences from shared printer names, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted printer name.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes


sbeattie

printer names with ANSI escape sequences were allowed, can cause issues when doing lpstat -a in a terminal requires malicious adding of printers


mdeslaur

this code was removed in cups 1.6

Patch details

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Package Patch details
cups

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H