MGASA-2014-0021

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    MGASA-2014-0021

    Published: 21 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-6891

    Summary: Updated cups packages fix a security vulverability

    Details: Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability: Jann Horn discovered that the CUPS lppasswd tool incorrectly read a user configuration file in certain configurations. A local attacker could use this to read sensitive information from certain files, bypassing access restrictions (CVE-2013-6891).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html, http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2082-1/, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12257

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cups

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/cups?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.4-9.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    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