CVE-2010-2431

Description

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.03%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory cups.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html vendor advisory
http://cups.org/articles.php?L596 patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605397
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://cups.org/str.php?L3510

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2431?
CVE-2010-2431 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2431?
To fix CVE-2010-2431, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2431 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2010-2431 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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