| Name | CVE-2012-5519 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2600-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 692791 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cups (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.7.5-11+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.2.1-8+deb9u8 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.2.1-8+deb9u12 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.2.10-6+deb10u11 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 2.2.10-6+deb10u10 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u8 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u9 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.4.2-3+deb12u7 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.4.2-3+deb12u8 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.4.10-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cups | source | squeeze | 1.4.4-7+squeeze2 | DSA-2600-1 | ||
| cups | source | (unstable) | 1.5.3-2.7 | 692791 |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q4/253