CVE-2023-32360

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Description

A vulnerability was found in OpenPrinting CUPS. Unauthorized users are permitted to fetch documents over local or remote networks, leading to confidentiality breach.

A vulnerability was found in OpenPrinting CUPS. Unauthorized users are permitted to fetch documents over local or remote networks, leading to confidentiality breach.

Statement

This vulnerability is classified as important according to Red Hat's Severity Rating Classification, as unauthorized users are permitted to fetch documents over local or remote networks, leading to confidentiality breach. https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification

This vulnerability is classified as important according to Red Hat's Severity Rating Classification, as unauthorized users are permitted to fetch documents over local or remote networks, leading to confidentiality breach.

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification

Mitigation

The user can either set 'PreserveJobFiles No' in cupsd.conf which will completely shut off the saving the job files, thereby preventing the attacker to get a file or restrict access in firewall and in cupsd to trusted users.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 2230495: cups: Information leak through Cups-Get-Document operation
  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2023-32360

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v3 Base Score

6.5

5.5

Attack Vector

Network

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Low

Privileges Required

Low

Low

User Interaction

None

None

Scope

Unchanged

Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact

High

High

Integrity Impact

None

None

Availability Impact

None

None

CVSS v3 Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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