CVE-2012-5519

Public on 2012-11-20

Modified on 2014-09-15

Description

CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

7.4

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	cups	2013-03-14	ALAS-2013-170

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	7.4	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD	CVSSv2	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2012-5519 Mitre: CVE-2012-5519