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CVE-2012-6094

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

cups (Common Unix Printing System) 'Listen localhost:631' option not honored correctly which could provide unauthorized access to the system

Affected products

• cups: before 1.5.4-1.1 — fixed in 1.5.4-1.1
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cups 1.5.4-1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57158
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6094
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82451
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6094
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/04/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57158
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6094
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6094

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