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TI-2010-00512 Aliases CVE-2010-0540GHSA-hfwh-42mw-69v8

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface in CUPS before…

Priority LOW 29CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability 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, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change settings.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01275 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

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

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.8VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.3VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.8VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.0VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.6.3VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.8 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.3 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.8 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.0 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.6.3 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2010:0490 Released 2010-06-17 · Red Hat rating Important
    cups security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65.i386, cups-devel-1:1.1.17-13.3.65 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4, cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4.i386, cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65.i386, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6, cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6.i386, cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4, cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4.i386, cups-devel-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4.i386 +4
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4, cups-devel-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4, cups-devel-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6, cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6.i386, cups-devel-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65.i386, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6, cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6.i386, cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65.i386, cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6, cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6.i386, cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6.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-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2010:0490
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0540
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hfwh-42mw-69v8

References

Patch 2

Advisory 6

Other 4

  • TI-2021-01573 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-01572 Apple iOS and iPadOS: A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-01607 sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-02117 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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