Critical severity · published Dec 31, 2004
CVE-2004-2154
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…
9.8
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Cups · Apple
before 1.1.21; 1.1.21 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
4.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2154
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2154
Broken Link
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700
Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274
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