A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the CUPS web interface. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a cross-site scripting attack against users of the CUPS web interface.
Find out more about CVE-2014-2856 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as it is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle, https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (cups) | RHBA-2015:0386 | 2015-03-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (cups) | RHSA-2014:1388 | 2014-10-13 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cups | Will not fix |
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