CVE-2001-1333 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Linux CUPS before 1.1.6 does not securely handle temporary files, possibly due to a symlink vulnerability that could allow local users to overwrite files.

Published: 2002-05-03

Score: 1.2 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Powertools 7.0
	cpe:/a:redhat:powertools:7.0	RHSA-2002:032	2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1314	Linux CUPS before 1.1.6 does not securely handle temporary files, possibly due to a symlink vulnerability that could allow local users to overwrite files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00074.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000384
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000386
http://lists2.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2001-Mar/0000.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-048.php3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1333
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1333

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Easy Software Products Cups

Redhat Powertools

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:08.058Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1333

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-05-10T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1333

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2001-03-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-1333 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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