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OESA-2021-1212 (CVE-2021-25317)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2021-06-12 11:04 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:04 – Source website

Summary

cups security update

Details

CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple Inc. for UNIX®-like operating systems. CUPS uses the Internet PrintingProtocol (IPP) to support printing to local and network printers..

Security Fix(es):

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of cups of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers with control of the lp users to create files as root with 0644 permissions without the ability to set the content. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS cups versions prior to 1.3.9. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 cups versions prior to 1.7.5. openSUSE Leap 15.2 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. openSUSE Factory cups version 2.3.3op2-2.1 and prior versions.(CVE-2021-25317)

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

URL

Type

	https://openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25317	ADVISORY

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CVE-2021-25317 (GCVE-0-2021-25317)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-05 09:35 – Updated: 2026-10-08 21:03

Title

cups: ownership of /var/log/cups allows the lp user to create files as root

Summary

Severity

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-08 21:02 UTC

CWE

CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions

Assigner

suse CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 78/100 over 101 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184161
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

5 products

Vendor	Product	Version
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS	Affected: cups , < 1.3.9 (custom)
SUSE	SUSE Manager Server 4.0	Affected: cups , < 2.2.7 (custom)
SUSE	SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	Affected: cups , < 1.7.5 (custom)
openSUSE	openSUSE Leap 15.2	Affected: cups , < 2.2.7 (custom)
openSUSE	Factory	Affected: cups , ≤ 2.3.3op2-2.1 (custom)

Date Public

2021-04-30 00:00

Credits

Matthias Gerstner of SUSE

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