Debian Jessie: DSA-3411-1 Critical Cups-Filters Command Execution Issue
debian
December 2, 2015
Michal Kowalczyk discovered that missing input sanitising in the foomatic-rip print filter might result in the execution of arbitrary commands
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Summary
Michal Kowalczyk discovered that missing input sanitising in the
foomatic-rip print filter might result in the execution of arbitrary
commands.
The oldstable distribution (wheezy) is not affected.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.61-5+deb8u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.0-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cups-filters packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: cups-filtersCVE ID : CVE-2015-8327
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