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CVE-2014-2856

Published: 18 April 2014

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
successfully reproduced on lucid+
patch in bug is what's in 1.7.2

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
cups
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (1.4.3-1ubuntu1.11)
precise
Released (1.5.3-0ubuntu8.2)
quantal
Released (1.6.1-0ubuntu11.6)
saucy
Released (1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.3)
trusty
Released (1.7.2-0ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (1.7.2)
Patches:
upstream: http://www.cups.org/strfiles.php/3268/str4356.patch