CVE-2009-2820
The web interface in CUPS before 1.4.2, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 and other platforms, does not properly handle (1) HTTP headers and (2) HTML templates, which allows remote attackers to
02 Description
The web interface in CUPS before 1.4.2, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 and other platforms, does not properly handle (1) HTTP headers and (2) HTML templates, which allows remote attackers to
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
- 5.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.9% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2009-11-10 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a7a680bb214d3c5035ebf55a5efc3a44170bba0e3af0f1a3d6557dc3d9c8ae80
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.cups.orghttp://www.cups.org/str.php?L3367
- sunsolve.sun.com1021115http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021115.1-1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1595http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1595.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:072http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072
- www.securityfocus.com36956http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956
- secunia.com37308http://secunia.com/advisories/37308
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529833
- secunia.com37360http://secunia.com/advisories/37360
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:073http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9153https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9153
- www.cups.orghttp://www.cups.org/documentation.php/relnotes.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3184http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
- www.cups.orghttp://www.cups.org/articles.php?L590
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.