Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting cups-libs package, versions <1:1.6.3-17.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-CUPSLIBS-4456488
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jan 2014

Introduced: 30 Jan 2014

CVE-2014-2856  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 cups-libs to version 1:1.6.3-17.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2015:0386.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups-libs package and not the cups-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL path, related to the is_path_absolute function.

CVSS Scores

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