Security restrictions bypass in CUPS - CVE-2018-6553
Published: July 16, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13885
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6553
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
CUPS
CUPS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker can invoke the dnssd backend using an alternate name that has been hard linked to dnssd and bypass the AppArmor cupsd sandbox
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6553
Update to version 2.2.1.