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lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 26, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2013-6891

GHSA ID

GHSA-r8jg-q736-v263

Source code

No known source code

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