CVE-2015-1158

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-06-10
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

A string reference count bug was found in cupsd, causing premature freeing of string objects. An attacker can 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 allows the attacker to run arbitrary code on the CUPS server.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (cups)	ELSA-2015-1123	2015-06-17
Oracle Linux version 7 (cups)	ELSA-2015-1123	2015-06-17
Oracle VM version 3.3 (cups)	OVMSA-2015-0071	2015-06-17