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CVE-2004-1269 json

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which…

published 2004-12-22 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1266

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.0%
EPSS 9.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.22-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1269

  • cups RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6
  • cups-libs RHEL 4 1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6
  • cups RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.22
  • cups-libs RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.22

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:053RHSA-2005:013

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-1269 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.22, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.22 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.22, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.22
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:013
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:053
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.22, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.22
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:013
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:053
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.22, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.22
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:013
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6, cups-libs 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:053

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25012)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25012 Easy Software Products LPPassWd 1.1.22 - Resource Limit Denial of Service dos, 2004-12-11
  • tigger.uic.edu http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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