MGASA-2015-0247: cups Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 19-06-2015Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2015-0247 is a vulnerability in cups Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
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0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2015-1158CVE-2015-1159

Timeline

  1. 19-06-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated cups package fixes security vulnerabilities It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled reference counting when handling localized strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to escalate permissions, upload a replacement CUPS configuration file, and execute arbitrary code (CVE-2015-1158). It was discovered that the CUPS templating engine contained a cross-site scripting issue. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass default configuration settings (CVE-2015-1159). It was discovered that the CUPS server can get stuck in an infinite loop when a user queues a malformed gzip file. When this happens the CUPS server will be unable to service any further requests (STR#4602).

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • cups< 1.7.0-7.5.mga4

1 vendor · 1 product

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