External Control of Critical State Data Affecting cups-libs package, versions <1:1.6.3-43.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-CUPSLIBS-1521638
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 May 2018

Introduced: 9 May 2018

CVE-2018-4180  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-642  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 cups-libs to version 1:1.6.3-43.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1050.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups-libs package and not the cups-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, an issue existed in CUPS. This issue was addressed with improved access restrictions.