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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-2004-0923 json

CUPS 1.1.20 and earlier records authentication information for a device URI in the error_log file, which allows local users to obtain user…

published 2004-10-26 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0921

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

CUPS 1.1.20 and earlier records authentication information for a device URI in the error_log file, which allows local users to obtain user names and passwords.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.20final+rc1-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0923

  • cups RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.16
  • cups-libs RHEL 3 1:1.1.17-13.3.16

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:543

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-2004-0923 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.16, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.16, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.16, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cups 1.1.17-13.3.16, cups-libs 1.1.17-13.3.16
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:543

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Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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