security flaw
Published Jul 5, 2005
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.07%
Description
CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.
Affected products
No data.
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<1.1.21
- Version
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- Version 4.10StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | Cups | n/a |
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| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | n/a |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29
Fixed · RHSA-2005:571
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:571 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
YesTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Jul 16, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 80.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 78.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.24% (0.01240) | 77.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00500) | 77.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00500) | 76.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00637) | 78.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 11, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00514) | 76.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 25, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00514) | 74.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.46% (0.01457) | 84.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 54.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2154 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617422 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2154
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2154
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700 | x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatch | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2154 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAIssue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617422 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2154 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2154 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.