CVE-2010-0393

Description

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.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558460

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2