CVE-2010-1748

Description

From CVE.org

The cgi_initialize_string function in cgi-bin/var.c in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, does not properly handle parameter values containing a % (percent) character without two subsequent hex characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from cupsd process memory via a crafted request, as demonstrated by the (1) /admin?OP=redirect&URL=% and (2) /admin?URL=/admin/&OP=% URIs.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score3.34.3N/A
Attack VectorAdjacent NetworkNetworkN/A
Access ComplexityLowMediumN/A
AuthenticationNoneNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactNoneNoneN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Apple Product Security team for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Luca Carettoni as the original reporter.

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