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CVE-2013-6891

Published: 31 December 2013

lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
cups
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
quantal
Released (1.6.1-0ubuntu11.5)
raring
Released (1.6.2-1ubuntu8)
saucy
Released (1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5.2)
upstream
Released (1.7.1-1)

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