Secunia Security Advisory - Gary Smith has reported a vulnerability in CUPS, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. The problem is that user credentials are stored in the error_log log file when printing to a shared printer via Samba.
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TITLE:
CUPS Logfile User Credentials Disclosure
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12736
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12736/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
Local system
SOFTWARE:
CUPS 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/921/
DESCRIPTION:
Gary Smith has reported a vulnerability in CUPS, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive
information.
The problem is that user credentials are stored in the error_log log
file when printing to a shared printer via Samba.
SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has been fixed in the CVS repository.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Gary Smith
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L920
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