Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-2154
CVE-2004-2154
Description
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.1.21
- cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <1.1.21rc1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.cups.org/str.phpnvdBroken LinkPatch
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.htmlnvdBroken Link
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940nvdBroken Link
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