Information disclosure in CUPS - CVE-2018-4181

 

Information disclosure in CUPS - CVE-2018-4181

Published: July 16, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13882
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4181
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A local attacker can manipulate cupsd.conf and read arbitrary files with root privileges.


Affected software

CUPS
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Opensuse
Fedora
cups (Red Hat package)
cups
Data Computing Appliance (DCA)

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4181

Update to version 2.2.1.

CUPS - update to 2.2.1
cups (Red Hat package) - update to 1.6.3-43.el7
cups - addressed in versions 2.2.4-11.fc27, 2.2.6-16.fc28
Data Computing Appliance (DCA) - update to 4.3.0.0

External References

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