SB2012112003 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apple CUPS
Published: November 20, 2012 Updated: June 15, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012112003
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5519)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012