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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1270

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.

Products
cups
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.1.22-2
CVEs
CVE-2004-1270
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1270

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Jan 2005, 05:00 UTC

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1270

cups

Fixed versions: 1.1.22-2

cups

Fixed versions: 1.1.22-2

cups

Fixed versions: 1.1.22-2

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1270",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1270",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-21T15:47:35.658872454Z",
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1270"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 394025,
  "published_at": "2005-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
}