CVE-2013-6891 lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups...
LowCVSS 1.2
EPSS 0.45%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/cups(Debian:12) | < 1.7.1-1 | 1.7.1-1 |
| debian/cups(Debian:13) | < 1.7.1-1 | 1.7.1-1 |
| debian/cups(Debian:14) | < 1.7.1-1 | 1.7.1-1 |
| apple cups | <= 1.7.0 | No fix listed |
| apple cups | = 1.7-rc1 | No fix listed |
| apple cups | = 1.7.1-b1 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 12.10 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 13.04 | No fix listed |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | = 13.10 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2013-6891 vendor-advisory
- advisories.mageia.org
- 56531 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- www.cups.org
- www.cups.org exploit patch
- MDVSA-2014:015 vendor-advisory
- USN-2082-1 vendor-advisory