National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1033
Original release date:06/02/2008
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The scheduler in CUPS in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.3, when debug logging is enabled and a printer requires a password, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information (credentials) by reading the log data, related to "authentication environment variables."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
- Official Statement from Red Hat (06/03/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of cups as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-150A
Name: TA08-150A
External Source: XF
Name: macosx-cups-info-disclosure(42713)
External Source: BID
Name: 29484
External Source: BID
Name: 29412
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1697
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020145
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30430
Type: Advisory
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-05-28