CVE-2024-47176
cups-browsed binds to `INADDR_ANY:631`, trusting any packet from any source
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Sep 26, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 19, 2024
Description
CUPS is a standards-based, open-source printing system, and `cups-browsed` contains network printing functionality including, but not limited to, auto-discovering print services and shared printers. `cups-browsed` binds to `INADDR_ANY:631`, causing it to trust any packet from any source, and can cause the `Get-Printer-Attributes` IPP request to an attacker controlled URL. When combined with other vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, and CVE-2024-47177, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands remotely on the target machine without authentication when a malicious printer is printed to.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-1327 Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
cups-browsedOpenPrinting |
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References
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-browsed/security/advisories/GHSA-rj88-6mr5-rcw8
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-p9rh-jxmq-gq47
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/security/advisories/GHSA-w63j-6g73-wmg5
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd/security/advisories/GHSA-7xfx-47qg-grp6
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-browsed/blob/master/daemon/cups-browsed.c#L13992
- https://www.cups.org/
- https://www.evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Attacking-UNIX-systems-via-CUPS-Part-I
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/27/6
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-browsed/commit/1debe6b140c37e0aa928559add4abcc95ce54aa2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241011-0001/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00048.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/09/11/2
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