CVE-2004-1269

N/A Unknown

Published: January 10, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Vendor Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18608

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9545

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/50-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt