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CVE-2004-2154

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 5, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxCUPS

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

CUPS· Apple
95%
v < 1.1.211.1.21
Affected range stops below 1.1.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
4.10

References (7)

x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274
VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

9.8CRITICALCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-178

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