Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting cups package, versions <1:1.4.2-67.21.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
74.45% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-CUPS-1687244
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed26 Jun 2015

Introduced: 26 Jun 2015

CVE-2015-1159  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 cups to version 1:1.4.2-67.21.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-559.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups package and not the cups package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgi_puts function in cgi-bin/template.c in the template engine in CUPS before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the QUERY parameter to help/.

CVSS Scores

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