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CVE-2004-2154

CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass inte

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00487
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  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-178Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
CWE-178Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
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Affected Products & Versions

3
apple cups< 1.1.21
apple cupsall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD31 Dec 2004 · 05:00 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

2
usnUSN-185-1
rhsaRHSA-2005:571Moderate
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700Broken LinkPatch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.htmlBroken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274Issue Tracking
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