CVE-2004-2154

critical

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html

http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2024-11-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical