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CVE-2004-1269

Published: Dec 22, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
9.0%
Top 5.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
cupseasy software products
Mixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedora coreredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
easy software productscommercialOperating Systemsaka easy software
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html
redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18608
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9545
oval.cisecurity.org
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Timeline

Published
Dec 22, 2004
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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