Authentication Bypass Affecting cups-devel package, versions <1:1.6.3-51.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-CUPSDEVEL-1686012
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Feb 2018

Introduced: 16 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-18190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-290  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 cups-devel to version 1:1.6.3-51.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1506.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups-devel package and not the cups-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A localhost.localdomain whitelist entry in valid_host() in scheduler/client.c in CUPS before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IPP commands by sending POST requests to the CUPS daemon in conjunction with DNS rebinding. The localhost.localdomain name is often resolved via a DNS server (neither the OS nor the web browser is responsible for ensuring that localhost.localdomain is 127.0.0.1).