SB2012112002 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Freedesktop cups-pk-helper
Published: November 20, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012112002
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4510)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.