PT-2018-2732 · Apple+4 · Cups+5

Dan Bastone · Published 2018-07-11 · Updated 2020-04-08 · CVE-2018-4180

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS High Sierra versions prior to 10.13.5

Description The issue existed in the CUPS component of macOS High Sierra and was related to the SetEnv and PassEnv directives. It allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The problem was addressed with improved access restrictions.

Recommendations For macOS High Sierra versions prior to 10.13.5, update to version 10.13.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the CUPS service until the update is applied.

Fix

Improper Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-285

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-01630

CESA-2020_1050

CVE-2018-4180

DLA-1426-1

DSA-4243-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2239-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2292-1

RHSA-2020:1050

RHSA-2020_1050

SUSE-SU-2018:2162-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2172-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2233-1

SUSE-SU-2018_2172-1

SUSE-SU-2018_2233-1

USN-3713-1

Affected Products

Cups

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Macos High Sierra

References · 40

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4180 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-4180 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3713-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2233-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-4180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1212483 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18248 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01630 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1426-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-4180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4243 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4243-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-4180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2172-1 · Vendor Advisory