CVE-2004-2154

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:-::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2004-12-31 05:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2004-2154

Mitre link : CVE-2004-2154

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2004-2154

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

cups

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-178

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

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