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Link Following Affecting cups package, versions <1.3.8-1lenny1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-CUPS-364753
  • published 8 Dec 2008
  • disclosed 8 Dec 2008
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Introduced: 8 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5377 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-59 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 cups to version 1.3.8-1lenny1 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.

pstopdf in CUPS 1.3.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pstopdf.log temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1333.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High