6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.8%
The _cupsGetlang function, as used by lppasswd.c in lppasswd in CUPS 1.2.2, 1.3.7, 1.3.9, and 1.4.1, relies on an environment variable to determine the file that provides localized message strings, which allows local users to gain privileges via a file that contains crafted localization data with format string specifiers.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | cups | < 1.4.2-9.1 | cups_1.4.2-9.1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | cups | < 1.4.2-9.1 | cups_1.4.2-9.1_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | cups | < 1.4.2-9.1 | cups_1.4.2-9.1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | cups | < 1.4.2-9.1 | cups_1.4.2-9.1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | cups | < 1.4.2-9.1 | cups_1.4.2-9.1_all.deb |