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title: "CVE-2015-8327\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-8327

Publication date 2 December 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

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in
cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.2.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via ` (backtick)
characters in a print job.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8327?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cups-filters | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Fixed 1.0.76-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.5 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.6 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| foomatic-filters | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.0.17-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.0.16-0ubuntu0.3 |

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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-2015-8327?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

Per Debian, introduced in cups-filters 1.0.42 and foomatic-filters
4.0-20090301

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| cups-filters | * Upstream:   <http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7406> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8327)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8327)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-8327)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8327)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2831-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2831-2)
+ foomatic-filters vulnerability
+ 7 December 2015

+ [USN-2831-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2831-1)
+ cups-filters vulnerability
+ 7 December 2015

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8327>