CVE-2013-6891

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    CVE-2013-6891

    Published: 26 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.

    References: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/56531, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1, http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704, http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319, http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319

    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
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