Easy Software Products CUPS up to 1.1.22 Rc1 Error Message memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Easy Software Products CUPS. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1270. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Easy Software Products CUPS (Printing Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

lppasswd in cups 1.1.22 when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0 1 and 2 are open when lppasswd is called does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from stderr which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.

The bug was discovered 12/17/2004. The weakness was released 01/10/2005 by Bartlomiej Sieka (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1270 since 12/20/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 24 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16141 (CUPS < 1.1.23 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22679), Tenable (16141), SecurityFocus (BID 12004†), OSVDB (12454†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6863†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1069, VDB-1068, VDB-23790 and VDB-23789. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 16141
Nessus Name: CUPS < 1.1.23 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 16141
OpenVAS Name: CUPS < 1.1.23 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/15/2004 🔍
12/17/2004 +2 days 🔍
12/20/2004 +3 days 🔍
01/10/2005 +21 days 🔍
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01/12/2005 +2 days 🔍
01/19/2005 +7 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3702 days 🔍
05/29/2019 +1541 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Bartlomiej Sieka
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1270 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1270
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23791

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X-Force: 22679
SecurityFocus: 12004 - Easy Software Products LPPassWd CUPS Password File Truncation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 12454 - CVE-2004-1270 - Easy Software Products - CUPS - File Modification Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6863 - lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 Allows passwd File Control, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 05/29/2019 12:43
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (69), 05/29/2019 12:43 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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