CVE-2004-1270 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2004-1270

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do...

Vulnerability Description

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

easy software products

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Affected Software

cups, fedora core
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.4, 1.0.4_8, 1.1.1, 1.1.4, 1.1.4_2, 1.1.4_3, 1.1.4_5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.10, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14, 1.1.15, 1.1.16, 1.1.17, 1.1.18, 1.1.19, 1.1.19_rc5, 1.1.20, 1.1.21, 1.1.22_rc1, core_2.0, core_3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 22nd, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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