Easy Software Products CUPS up to 1.1.17 race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Easy Software Products CUPS up to 1.1.17. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-1366. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Easy Software Products CUPS up to 1.1.17 (Printing Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) 1.1.14 through 1.1.17 allows local users with lp privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files via file race conditions, as demonstrated by ice-cream.

The weakness was presented 12/26/2002 by zen-parse (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-1366. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13986 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2003:001)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10907), Tenable (13986), SecurityFocus (BID 6435†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1837†). See VDB-19267, VDB-19266, VDB-19265 and VDB-19264 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 13986
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cups (MDKSA-2003:001)
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OpenVAS ID: 53586
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 232-1 (cupsys)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/26/2002 +7 days 🔍
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01/09/2003 +14 days 🔍
09/01/2003 +235 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +334 days 🔍
07/31/2014 +3652 days 🔍
05/12/2019 +1746 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: zen-parse
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1366 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1366
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19263
X-Force: 10907
SecurityFocus: 6435 - CUPS Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1837 - Common Unix Printing System Allows Arbitrary Files Overwrite Privilege, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2014 21:58
Updated: 05/12/2019 06:38
Changes: 07/31/2014 21:58 (69), 05/12/2019 06:38 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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