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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300

The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.

Products
cups
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.2.10-1
CVEs
CVE-2018-4300
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 01:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Apr 2019, 18:29 UTC

The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300

cups

Fixed versions: 2.2.10-1

cups

Fixed versions: 2.2.10-1

cups

Fixed versions: 2.2.10-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "89142bb8e41cbd6a6501f7e9f312fed2a1da7c2b90b91d9d7988037273edb80e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300",
    "summary": "The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cups",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.10-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cups",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.10-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cups",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.2.10-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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                },
                {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cups",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cups?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cups",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cups?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
        },
        {
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              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cups",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cups?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-4300.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:04:47.716744239Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2018-4300"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-4300"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-4300",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 423796,
  "published_at": "2019-04-03T18:29:06.017+00:00"
}