CVE-2012-5519 Information

Description

CUPS 1.4.4 when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012