Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | CUPS vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-185-1 | First vendor Publication | 2005-09-20 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2005-09-20 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: cupsys The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.1.20final+cvs20040330-4ubuntu16.5. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A flaw was detected in the printer access control list checking in the CUPS server. Printer names were compared in a case sensitive manner; by modifying the capitalization of printer names, a remote attacker could circumvent ACLs and print to printers he should not have access to. The Ubuntu 5.04 version of cupsys is not vulnerable against this. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-185-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-178 | Failure to Resolve Case Sensitivity (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9940 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9940 | ||
| Title: | CUPS 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. | ||
| Description: | CUPS 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-2154 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 17912 | CUPS Case Mismatch Printer Queue Password Bypass |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-07-03 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2005-571.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-185-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-05 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-165.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-16 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-571.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:02:02 |
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