Access Restriction Bypass Affecting cups package, versions <1.5.3-2.7
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.12% (46th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-CUPS-364359
- published 20 Nov 2012
- disclosed 20 Nov 2012
Introduced: 20 Nov 2012
CVE-2012-5519 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
cups
to version 1.5.3-2.7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups
package and not the cups
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5519
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-5519
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0580
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5519
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875898