CESA-2020:1050 -- centos 7 cupsID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:205522 | Date: (C)2020-04-10 (M)2023-12-20 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. Security Fix: * cups: Local privilege escalation to root due to insecure environment variable handling * cups: Manipulation of cupsd.conf by a local attacker resulting in limited reads of arbitrary files as root * cups: Predictable session cookie breaks CSRF protection For more details about the security issue, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.