CVE-2004-1268 Affecting cups package, versions <1.1.22-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CUPS-364591
  • published10 Jan 2005
  • disclosed10 Jan 2005

Introduced: 10 Jan 2005

CVE-2004-1268  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable cups to version 1.1.22-2 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 ignores write errors when modifying the CUPS passwd file, which allows local users to corrupt the file by filling the associated file system and triggering the write errors.

CVSS Scores

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