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CVE-2004-1268

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 ignores write errors when modifying the CUPS passwd file, which allows local users to corrupt the file by filling the associated file system and triggering the write errors.

Affected products

• Easy Software Products Cups: 1.0.4, 1.0.4_8, 1.1.1, 1.1.4, 1.1.4_2, 1.1.4_3 (+16)
• RedHat Fedora Core: core_2.0, core_3.0

References

• http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18606
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10398
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/
• http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html

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