CVE-2013-6891

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.

CVSS v2.0 1.2 LOW

1.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 1.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/56531	Vendor Advisory
http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319	Exploit Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.1:b1::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-01-26 01:55

Updated : 2014-03-06 04:49

NVD link : CVE-2013-6891

Mitre link : CVE-2013-6891

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-6891

JSON object : View

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

apple

cups

CWE

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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