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(CVE-2023-24805)

Vulnerability from cleanstart – Published: 2026-09-30 20:46 – Updated: 2024-03-25 13:20 – Source website

Summary

cups-filters contains backends, filters, and other software required to get the cups printing service working on operating systems other than macos

Details

Security vulnerability affects the cups-filters package. cups-filters contains backends, filters, and other software required to get the cups printing service working on operating systems other than macos.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

URL

Type

	https://github.com/cleanstart-dev/cleanstart-secu…	ADVISORY
	https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24805	WEB
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24805	WEB

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CVE-2023-24805 (GCVE-0-2023-24805)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-17 17:33 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:44

Title

Command injection in cups-filters

Summary

cups-filters contains backends, filters, and other software required to get the cups printing service working on operating systems other than macos. If you use the Backend Error Handler (beh) to create an accessible network printer, this security vulnerability can cause remote code execution. `beh.c` contains the line `retval = system(cmdline) >> 8;` which calls the `system` command with the operand `cmdline`. `cmdline` contains multiple user controlled, unsanitized values. As a result an attacker with network access to the hosted print server can exploit this vulnerability to inject system commands which are executed in the context of the running server. This issue has been addressed in commit `8f2740357` and is expected to be bundled in the next release. Users are advised to upgrade when possible and to restrict access to network printers in the meantime.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/secu…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/comm…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5407
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-06

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OpenPrinting	cups-filters	Affected: <= 2.0rc1

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