CVE-2013-6891
N/A
Published: January 26, 2014 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxCUPS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/56531Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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