CVE-2013-6891

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6891
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-26 01:55:00 UTC
Updated2014-03-06 04:49:00 UTC
Descriptionlppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Cups 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.1 b1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.1 b1 All All
Application Apple Cups All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0021 - Updated cups packages fix a security vulverability CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
lppasswd vulnerability · Issue #4319 · apple/cups · GitHub CONFIRM www.cups.org Exploit, Patch
Security Advisory SA56531 - Ubuntu update for cups - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Article #704: CUPS 1.7.1 - CUPS.org CONFIRM www.cups.org
USN-2082-1: CUPS vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:015 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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