Check Point Advisories

Apple CUPS Web Interface URL Handling Cross-Site Scripting - ver 2 (CVE-2014-2856; CVE-2015-1159)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0081
Date Published: 7 Feb 2016
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Tuesday 27 December, 2016
Source: Apple L4356
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-2856
CVE-2015-1159
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Apple Computer Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) 1.6.4
Vulnerability Description A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability exists in the Apple CUPS Web Interface. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation while handling HTTP requests. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to click on a link containing script code in the URL.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple CUPS Web Interface URL Handling Cross-Site Scripting - ver 2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Apple CUPS Web Interface URL Handling Cross-Site Scripting - ver 2

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