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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting cups package, versions <1.7.2-1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.86% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
4.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-CUPS-364449
  • published 18 Apr 2014
  • disclosed 18 Apr 2014
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Introduced: 18 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-2856 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-79 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 cups to version 1.7.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups package and not the cups package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path, related to the is_path_absolute function.