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TI-2004-02026 Aliases CVE-2004-2154GHSA-vp74-83h5-6967

CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which…

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-178Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02072 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.1.21VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:-:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.21VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.10VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.1.21 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.21 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:571 Released 2005-07-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    cups security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29.i386, cups-devel-1:1.1.17-13.3.29 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29.i386, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29.i386, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29.i386, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.29.ia64 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:571
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:571
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:571
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:571

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-2154
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vp74-83h5-6967

References

Patch 1

Advisory 5

Other 1

Sources

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