CVE-2014-4338

Summary

CVECVE-2014-4338
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-22 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-08 15:22:00 UTC
Descriptioncups-browsed in cups-filters before 1.0.53 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a malformed cups-browsed.conf BrowseAllow directive that is interpreted as granting browse access to all IP addresses.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linuxfoundation Cups-filters All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1204 – cups-browsed: unsupported BrowseAllow value lets cups-browsed accept from all hosts CONFIRM bugs.linuxfoundation.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: cups-browsed remote exploit MLIST openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: cups-browsed remote exploit MLIST openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62044 - Red Hat update for cups-filters - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Permissions Required
cups-filters CVE-2014-4338 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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