CVE-2004-2154: CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing…

PriorityP417critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.07%

79.5th percentile

CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	cups	< 1.1.21	1.1.21
apple	cups	—	—
apple	cups	>= 0 < 1.1.20final+rc1-1	1.1.20final+rc1-1
apple	cups	>= 0 < 1.1.20final+rc1-1	1.1.20final+rc1-1
apple	cups	>= 0 < 1.1.20final+rc1-1	1.1.20final+rc1-1
apple	cups	>= 0 < 1.1.20final+rc1-1	1.1.20final+rc1-1
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
debian	cups	< cups 1.1.20final+rc1-1 (bookworm)	cups 1.1.20final+rc1-1 (bookworm)

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv9.8CRITICAL

vendor_debian9.8LOW

vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL

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