| 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) | buster | 2.2.10-6+deb10u6 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.2.10-6+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.4.2-3+deb12u5 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.4.7-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2.4.7-1.2 | 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