Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2014-8166CVE-2014-8166
5.1 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.4%
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.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | printer names with ANSI escape sequences were allowed, can cause issues when doing lpstat -a in a terminal requires malicious adding of printers |
| mdeslaur | this code was removed in cups 1.6 |
Related
5.1 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.4%