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.
Published: 2005-07-05
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-185-1 CUPS vulnerability
History

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Apple Cups
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:15:01.684Z

Reserved: 2005-07-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2154

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:15:01.684Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-2154

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2004-05-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-2154 - Bugzilla

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