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CVE-2004-1270 json

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, do…

published 2004-12-22 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1267

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1270

  • 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-2004-1270 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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Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • 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 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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