CVE-2010-0540

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    CVE-2010-0540

    Published: 17 Jun 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change settings.

    References: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/40220, http://secunia.com/advisories/43521, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188, http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481, http://cups.org/articles.php?L596, http://cups.org/str.php?L3498, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024122, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10382

    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