CVE-2013-6891
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.2
Description
lppasswd 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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.10 | Affected | — |
| 13.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.7.1-1 |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56531
- http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6891
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.