CVE-2015-8560

NameCVE-2015-8560
DescriptionIncomplete 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-371-1, DSA-3419-1, DSA-3429-1
Debian Bugs807930, 807993

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cups-filters (PTS)buster1.21.6-5fixed
buster (security)1.21.6-5+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.28.7-1+deb11u2fixed
trixie, bookworm1.28.17-3fixed
sid1.28.17-3.1fixed
foomatic-filters (PTS)buster4.0.17-11fixed
bullseye4.0.17-12fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm4.0.17-16fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cups-filterssourcewheezy(not affected)
cups-filterssourcejessie1.0.61-5+deb8u3DSA-3419-1
cups-filterssource(unstable)1.4.0-1807930
foomatic-filterssourcesqueeze4.0.5-6+squeeze2+deb6u12DLA-371-1
foomatic-filterssourcewheezy4.0.17-1+deb7u1DSA-3429-1
foomatic-filterssourcejessie4.0.17-5+deb8u1DSA-3429-1
foomatic-filterssource(unstable)4.0.17-7807993

Notes

[wheezy] - cups-filters <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present; introduced in 1.0.42)
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7419
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/13/2

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