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Unscored USN-2629-1 2 CVEs

cups vulnerabilities

Published Jun 10, 2015 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled reference counting when
handling localized strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to
escalate permissions, upload a replacement CUPS configuration file, and
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-1158)

It was discovered that the CUPS templating engine contained a cross-site
scripting issue. A remote attacker could use this issue to bypass default
configuration settings. (CVE-2015-1159)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.6

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2015-1158 Public exploit EPSS 30%

    The add_job function in scheduler/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 2.0.3 performs incorrect free operations for multiple-v…

    cups cups Debian Ubuntu
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2015-1159

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the cgi_puts function in cgi-bin/template.c in the template engine in CUPS …

    cups cups Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1158
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1159