CVE-2004-1269
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.
02 Description
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-12-22 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-12-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f6e23f9d77b004de49bc211884743b8531477e38bf2011571d017e4a62948c6f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:013http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcups-lppasswd-dos(18608)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18608
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9545https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9545
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:008http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:053http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-50-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200412-25http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
- tigger.uic.eduhttp://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.1.22-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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