High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-8560
CVE-2015-8560
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.4.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) character in a print job, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8327.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
10- bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/annotate/head:/NEWSnvdVendor Advisory
- bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7419nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0491.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3419nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3429nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/13/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/13nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-2nvd
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