CVE-2004-2154

moderate-risk
Published 2004-12-31

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.49% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Apple Canonical

References (14)

Broken Link http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700
Broken Link http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274
Broken Link https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
Broken Link http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700
Broken Link http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274
Broken Link https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low