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CVE-2010-2431
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users,...
Vulnerability Description
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3510
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.5-1, 1.1.5-2, 1.1.6, 1.1.6-1, 1.1.6-2, 1.1.6-3, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.9-1, 1.1.10, 1.1.10-1, 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14, 1.1.15, 1.1.16, 1.1.17, 1.1.18, 1.1.19, 1.1.20, 1.1.21, 1.1.22, 1.1.23, 1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.2.10, 1.2.11, 1.2.12, 1.3, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 1.3.8, 1.3.9, 1.3.10, 1.3.11, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 22nd, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.