# CVE-2014-2707: cups-browsed in cups-filters 1.0.41 before 1.0.51 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-04-17 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

cups-browsed in cups-filters 1.0.41 before 1.0.51 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) model or (2) PDL, related to "System V interface scripts generated for queues."

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/57530
- http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7188#NEWS
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-April/131485.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2210-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083326

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