cups-filters CVE-2014-4336 Incomplete Fix Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:68121

Info

cups-filters CVE-2014-4336 Incomplete Fix Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 68121
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-4336
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 19 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:35AM
Credit: Sebastian Krahmer
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

cups-filters CVE-2014-4336 Incomplete Fix Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

cups-filters is prone to a remote arbitrary command-execution vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the vulnerable application.

Note: This issue exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707 (identified in BID 66624- cups-filters CVE-2014-2707 Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

cups-filters CVE-2014-4336 Incomplete Fix Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Attacker can exploit this issue using readily available tools.

Solution / Fix

cups-filters CVE-2014-4336 Incomplete Fix Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

cups-filters CVE-2014-4336 Incomplete Fix Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

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