CVE-2010-2431

CVE Details

Release Date:2010-06-22
Impact:Low What is this?

Description


The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 2.6
Vector String: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (cups)ELSA-2010-08112010-10-29


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