CVE-2004-1270

Publication date 10 January 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cupsys 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.2.0-0ubuntu5
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.2.0-0ubuntu5
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.2.0-0ubuntu5

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-50-1
    • CUPS vulnerabilities
    • 23 December 2004

Other references