CVE-2012-4510 (GCVE-0-2012-4510)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
Summary
cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2562 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Date Public
2012-10-12 00:00
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