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title: "CVE-2015-6520\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6520

Publication date 19 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

IPPUSBXD before 1.22 listens on all interfaces, which allows remote
attackers to obtain access to USB connected printers via a direct request.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6520?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cups-filters | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.4 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| ippusbxd | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6520?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

ippusbxd was included as part of cups-filters in Ubuntu 14.10 and
15.04. It was split off into its own source package in 15.10.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| ippusbxd | * Upstream:   [4684440](https://github.com/tillkamppeter/ippusbxd/commit/46844402bca7a38fc224483ba6f0a93c4613203f) * Upstream:   [a632841](https://github.com/tillkamppeter/ippusbxd/commit/a632841f8e65d402e13e81921515f5a1e2736c82) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6520)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6520)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6520)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6520)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2725-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2725-1)
+ cups-filters vulnerability
+ 27 August 2015

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/11/1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6520>