| Name | CVE-2013-6891 |
| Description | lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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 | (not affected) | | | |
| cups | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| cups | source | (unstable) | 1.7.1-1 | | | |
Notes
[wheezy] - cups <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced with 1.6.4)
[squeeze] - cups <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced with 1.6.4)
https://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319