VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-1269
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 8.95%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.95% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- easy software products/cups · redhat/fedora core
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18608
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9545
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/
- http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18608
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9545
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.