CVE-2015-8560
It was discovered that foomatic-rip failed to remove all shell special characters from inputs used to construct command lines for external programs run by the filter. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (foomatic) | RHSA-2016:0491 | 2016-03-22 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cups-filters | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | foomatic | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cups | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cups | Not affected |