CVE-2004-1270

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    CVE-2004-1270

    Published: 10 Jan 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008, http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml, 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/18609, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11507, https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/

    Affected packages

    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