CVE-2004-1270
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th 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/18609
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11507
- 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/18609
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11507
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.