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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-0393

Published: Mar 05, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
4 IMPORTANT
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0393
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

The _cupsGetlang function, as used by lppasswd.c in lppasswd in CUPS 1.2.2, 1.3.7, 1.3.9, and 1.4.1, relies on an environment variable to determine the file that provides localized message strings, which allows local users to gain privileges via a file that contains crafted localization data with format string specifiers.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CupsApple1.2.2 (including)1.2.2 (including)
CupsApple1.3.7 (including)1.3.7 (including)
CupsApple1.3.9 (including)1.3.9 (including)
CupsApple1.4.1 (including)1.4.1 (including)
CupsUbuntudevel*
CupsUbuntuintrepid*
CupsUbuntujaunty*
CupsUbuntukarmic*
CupsysUbuntudapper*
CupsysUbuntuhardy*

References

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