Vulnerability Details CVE-2010-0393
The _cupsGetlang function, as used by lppasswd.c in lppasswd in CUPS 1.2.2, 1.3.7, 1.3.9, and 1.4.1, relies on an environment variable to determine the file that provides localized message strings, which allows local users to gain privileges via a file that contains crafted localization data with format string specifiers.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 24.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3482
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38524
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558460
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3482
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38524
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558460