CVE-2010-2431 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

26%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

81%

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apple

First reported 14 years ago

2010-06-22 20:30:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-05-15 03:10:00

Affected Software

Apple CUPS 1.1

1.1

Apple CUPS 1.1.1

1.1.1

Apple CUPS 1.1.2

1.1.2

Apple CUPS 1.1.3

1.1.3

Apple CUPS 1.1.4

1.1.4

Apple CUPS 1.1.5

1.1.5

Apple CUPS 1.1.5-1

1.1.5-1

Apple CUPS 1.1.5-2

1.1.5-2

Apple CUPS 1.1.6

1.1.6

Apple CUPS 1.1.6-1

1.1.6-1

Apple CUPS 1.1.6-2

1.1.6-2

Apple CUPS 1.1.6-3

1.1.6-3

Apple CUPS 1.1.7

1.1.7

Apple CUPS 1.1.8

1.1.8

Apple CUPS 1.1.9

1.1.9

Apple CUPS 1.1.9-1

1.1.9-1

Apple CUPS 1.1.10

1.1.10

Apple CUPS 1.1.10-1

1.1.10-1

Apple CUPS 1.1.11

1.1.11

Apple CUPS 1.1.12

1.1.12

Apple CUPS 1.1.13

1.1.13

Apple CUPS 1.1.14

1.1.14

Apple CUPS 1.1.15

1.1.15

Apple CUPS 1.1.16

1.1.16

Apple CUPS 1.1.17

1.1.17

Apple CUPS 1.18

1.1.18

Apple CUPS 1.1.19

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 1

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 2

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 3

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 4

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.19 release candidate 5

1.1.19

Apple CUPS 1.1.20

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 1

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 2

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 3

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 4

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 5

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.20 release candidate 6

1.1.20

Apple CUPS 1.1.21

1.1.21

Apple CUPS 1.1.21 release candidate 1

1.1.21

Apple CUPS 1.1.21 release candidate 2

1.1.21

Apple CUPS 1.1.22

1.1.22

Apple CUPS 1.1.22 release candidate 1

1.1.22

Apple CUPS 1.1.22 release candidate 2

1.1.22

Apple CUPS 1.1.23

1.1.23

Apple CUPS 1.1.23 release candidate 1

1.1.23

Apple CUPS 1.2 b1

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2 b2

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2 release candidate 1

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2 release candidate 2

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2 release candidate 3

1.2

Apple CUPS 1.2.0

1.2.0

Apple CUPS 1.2.1

1.2.1

Apple CUPS 1.2.2

1.2.2

Apple CUPS 1.2.3

1.2.3

Apple CUPS 1.2.4

1.2.4

Apple CUPS 1.2.5

1.2.5

Apple CUPS 1.2.6

1.2.6

Apple CUPS 1.2.7

1.2.7

Apple CUPS 1.2.8

1.2.8

Apple CUPS 1.2.9

1.2.9

Apple CUPS 1.2.10

1.2.10

Apple CUPS 1.2.11

1.2.11

Apple CUPS 1.2.12

1.2.12

Apple CUPS 1.3 b1

1.3

Apple CUPS 1.3 release candidate 1

1.3

Apple CUPS 1.3 release candidate 2

1.3

Apple CUPS 1.3.0

1.3.0

Apple CUPS 1.3.1

1.3.1

Apple CUPS 1.3.2

1.3.2

Apple CUPS 1.3.3

1.3.3

Apple CUPS 1.3.4

1.3.4

Apple CUPS 1.3.5

1.3.5

Apple CUPS 1.3.6

1.3.6

Apple CUPS 1.3.7

1.3.7

Apple CUPS 1.3.8

1.3.8

Apple CUPS 1.3.9

1.3.9

Apple CUPS 1.3.10

1.3.10

Apple CUPS 1.3.11

1.3.11

Apple CUPS 1.4.0

1.4.0

Apple CUPS 1.4.1

1.4.1

Apple CUPS 1.4.2

1.4.2

Apple Cups

References

http://cups.org/articles.php?L596

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://cups.org/str.php?L3510

RHSA-2010:0811

43521

Vendor Advisory

GLSA-201207-10

DSA-2176

MDVSA-2010:232

MDVSA-2010:234

ADV-2010-2856

Vendor Advisory

ADV-2011-0535

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605397

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