CVE-2004-2154

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    CVE-2004-2154

    Published: 31 Dec 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405, http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274, http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940

    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