MGASA-2014-0193

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    MGASA-2014-0193

    Published: 24 Apr 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2856

    Summary: Updated cups packages fix CVE-2014-2856

    Details: Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability: 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 (CVE-2014-2856).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0193.html, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-2856, http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4356, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13196

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cups

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/cups?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.4-9.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High