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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-5519: CUPS: Arbitrary file read/write

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-5519: CUPS: Arbitrary file read/write

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/19/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-print-cups

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