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    CVE-2004-1268

    lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 ignores write errors when modifying the CUPS passwd file, which allows local users to corrupt the file by filling the associated file system and triggering the write errors.

    Published:Dec 15, 2004
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Dec 22, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.00107
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Easy Software Products
    Product
    Cups
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Fedora Core

    Exploits

    http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txthttp://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2008-0596 (CVSS 5) — Memory leak in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s…
    CVE-2008-0597 (CVSS 5) — Use-after-free vulnerability in CUPS before 1.1.22, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to ca…
    CVE-2007-5849 (CVSS 9.3) — Integer underflow in the asn1_get_string function in the SNMP back end (backend/snmp.c) for CUPS 1.2 through 1…
    CVE-2005-3625 (CVSS 10) — Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allow…
    CVE-2005-3624 (CVSS 5) — The CCITTFaxStream::CCITTFaxStream function in Stream.cc for xpdf, gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS…
    CVE-2005-3626 (CVSS 5) — Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS, libextractor, and others, allow…
    CVE-2005-2526 (CVSS 5) — CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by s…
    CVE-2005-2525 (CVSS 5) — CUPS in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2 does not properly close file descriptors when handling multiple simultaneou…
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    References

    http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18606
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10398
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/
    http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18606
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10398
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High