VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-6094

cups (Common Unix Printing System) 'Listen localhost:631' option not honored correctly which could provide unauthorized access to the system

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.07%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

cups (Common Unix Printing System) 'Listen localhost:631' option not honored correctly which could provide unauthorized access to the system

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 2.07% probability · 80th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-863
Affected: apple/cups · debian/debian linux
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57158Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6094Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6094Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57158Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6094Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82451Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6094Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.