Improper authorization control for web services In cups
Description
OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, CUPS daemon (cupsd) contains an authorization bypass vulnerability due to case-insensitive username comparison during authorization checks. The vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations by using a user with a username that differs only in case from an authorized user. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
Ecosystem | Component | Affected version | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|---|
rpm rhel6 | - | - | |
debian 12 | - | ||
debian 13 | - | ||
debian 14 | 2.4.17-1 | ||
rpm rhel10 | - | - | |
rpm rhel7 | - | - | |
rpm rhel8 | - | - | |
rpm rhel9 | - | - | |
alpine v3.20 | 2.4.18-r0 | ||
alpine v3.22 | 2.4.18-r0 |
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