CVE-2004-2154

Summary

CVECVE-2004-2154
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionCUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.0.4 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.0.4_8 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.10 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.12 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.13 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.14 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.15 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.16 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.17 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.18 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19_rc5 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4_2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4_3 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4_5 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.6 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.7 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.0.4 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.0.4_8 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.1 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.10 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.12 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.13 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.14 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.15 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.16 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.17 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.18 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.19_rc5 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.20 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4_2 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4_3 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.4_5 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.6 All All All
Application Easy Software Products Cups 1.1.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
163274 – cups location case sensitivity - CAN-2004-2154 FEDORA bugzilla.redhat.com
Location and printer name case sensitivity · Issue #700 · apple/cups · GitHub CONFIRM www.cups.org Patch
162405 – CAN-2004-2154 <Location ...> directive is case-sensitive in cupsd.conf but should not CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
usn/usn-185-1 - Ubuntu Linux UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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