National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1748

Overview

The cgi_initialize_string function in cgi-bin/var.c in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, does not properly handle parameter values containing a % (percent) character without two subsequent hex characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from cupsd process memory via a crafted request, as demonstated by the (1) /admin?OP=redirect&URL=% and (2) /admin?URL=/admin/&OP=% URIs.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 40871

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0535

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1481

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:234

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:232

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2176

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201207-10

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43521

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43521

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40220

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40220

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9723

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9723

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2010:023

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-06-15-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://cups.org/str.php?L3577

Hyperlink:http://cups.org/str.php?L3577

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://cups.org/articles.php?L596

Hyperlink:http://cups.org/articles.php?L596

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9723

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9723