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CVE-2015-1158

Public on 2015-06-26
Modified on 2015-07-07
Description

A string reference count bug was found in cupsd, causing premature freeing of string objects. An attacker could submit a malicious print job that exploits this flaw to dismantle ACLs protecting privileged operations, allowing a replacement configuration file to be uploaded, which in turn allowed the attacker to run arbitrary code on the CUPS server.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 cups 2015-07-07 12:34 ALAS-2015-559

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C