Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 13	cups	>=0 <1.7.1-1	1.7.1-1
debian 12	cups	>=0 <1.7.1-1	1.7.1-1
debian 14	cups	>=0 <1.7.1-1	1.7.1-1

Aliases

1. CVE-2013-68912. NVD-2013-68913. OSV-DEBIAN-2013-68914. OSV-2013-68915. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2013-6891

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