CVE - CVE-2004-1270

CVE-ID
CVE-2004-1270	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.
References
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GENTOO:GLSA-200412-25 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2005:008 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008 MISC:http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11507 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11507 REDHAT:RHSA-2005:013 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html REDHAT:RHSA-2005:053 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html UBUNTU:USN-50-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/ XF:cups-lppasswd-passwd-modify(18609) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18609
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20041220	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20041220)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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