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Red Hat: CVE-2024-47177: cups-filters/foomatic : Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-47177: cups-filters/foomatic : Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:P)
Published
09/27/2024
Created
09/28/2024
Added
09/27/2024
Modified
09/30/2024

Description

A security flaw was found in OpenPrinting CUPS. A remote attacker may be able to exploit cups-filters via the FoomaticRIPCommandLine entry in the PPD file, which would trigger the CUPS system to execute any arbitrary commands injected into that file when a print job is sent to the affected device.

Solution(s)

  • misc-no-solution-exists

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