CVE-2010-0393 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3482 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38524 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558460