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CVE-2013-6891

Publication date 31 December 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups 13.10 saucy
Fixed 1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2
13.04 raring
Fixed 1.6.2-1ubuntu8
12.10 quantal
Fixed 1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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