CVE-2010-0393 (GCVE-0-2010-0393)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-03-05 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
VLAI
Summary
The _cupsGetlang function, as used by lppasswd.c in lppasswd in CUPS 1.2.2, 1.3.7, 1.3.9, and 1.4.1, relies on an environment variable to determine the file that provides localized message strings, which allows local users to gain privileges via a file that contains crafted localization data with format string specifiers.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38524 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558460 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2010-03-04 00:00
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