PT-2012-1034 · Cups · Cups-Pk-Helper

Vincent Untz · Published 2012-11-20 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-4510

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cups-pk-helper versions prior to 0.2.3

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources due to improper wrapping of the cupsGetFile and cupsPutFile function calls. This can lead to a breach of confidentiality and integrity of protected information. The exploitation of this issue can be done remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.2.3, update to version 0.2.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to CUPS resources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-01964

CVE-2012-4510

DSA-2562-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10212-1

Affected Products

Cups-Pk-Helper

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4510 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10212-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4510 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2562 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4510 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01964 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:069 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-2562 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4510 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/2 · Note