Executive Summary

Summary
Title CUPS vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-2082-1 First vendor Publication 2014-01-15
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2014-01-15
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:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 13.04 - Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description: - cups: Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details:

Jann Horn discovered that the CUPS lppasswd tool incorrectly read a user configuration file in certain configurations. A local attacker could use this to read sensitive information from certain files, bypassing access restrictions.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
cups-client 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 13.04:
cups-client 1.6.2-1ubuntu8

Ubuntu 12.10:
cups-client 1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2082-1
CVE-2013-6891

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.6.2-1ubuntu8
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22384
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22384
Title: USN-2082-1 -- cups vulnerability
Description: CUPS could be made to expose sensitive information.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2082-1
CVE-2013-6891
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Product(s): cups
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 113
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-01-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-015.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-16 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2082-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-15 Name : The remote print service is potentially affected by an information disclosure...
File : cups_1_7_1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-02-17 12:02:59
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-27 21:24:13
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2014-01-26 13:21:59
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-15 21:19:16
  • First insertion