SB2012112002 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Freedesktop cups-pk-helper

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4510)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

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.

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2562
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:069
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/2