Upstream information

CVE-2014-8166 at MITRE

Description

The browsing feature in the server in CUPS does not filter ANSI escape sequences from shared printer names, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted printer name.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Ignore

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.1
Vector AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 923909 [RESOLVED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 cups Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GA cups Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP3 cups Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 GA cups Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 cups Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA cups Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11 SP3 cups Ignore