Description
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.
Published: 2004-12-22
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 8.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-1266 lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-50-1 CUPS vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.099}

epss

{'score': 0.08636}


Subscriptions

Easy Software Products Cups
Redhat Enterprise Linux Fedora Core
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:46:12.347Z

Reserved: 2004-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1269

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-10T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1269

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2004-12-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-1269 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses