CVE 2012-5519
CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/
Related bugs and status
CVE-2012-5519 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1061063: [FFE] Reimplement automatic appearing of CUPS queues broadcasted by a remote CUPS server
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1061063 | [FFE] Reimplement automatic appearing of CUPS queues broadcasted by a remote CUPS server | cups (Ubuntu) | Critical | Fix Released | ||
| 1061063 | [FFE] Reimplement automatic appearing of CUPS queues broadcasted by a remote CUPS server | cups (Ubuntu Quantal) | Critical | Fix Released | ||
| 1061063 | [FFE] Reimplement automatic appearing of CUPS queues broadcasted by a remote CUPS server | cups (Ubuntu Raring) | Critical | Fix Released | ||
| 1061063 | [FFE] Reimplement automatic appearing of CUPS queues broadcasted by a remote CUPS server | cups-filters (Ubuntu) | Critical | Fix Released | ||
| 1061063 | [FFE] Reimplement automatic appearing of CUPS queues broadcasted by a remote CUPS server | cups-filters (Ubuntu Quantal) | Undecided | Invalid | ||
| 1061063 | [FFE] Reimplement automatic appearing of CUPS queues broadcasted by a remote CUPS server | cups-filters (Ubuntu Raring) | Critical | Fix Released | ||
Bug #1061069: CUPS 1.6 has major incompatible changes. Do not use CUPS 1.6.1 on stable Ubuntu releases
Bug #1086019: cupsd crashes regularly (daily)
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1086019 | cupsd crashes regularly (daily) | cups (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1086019 | cupsd crashes regularly (daily) | cups (Ubuntu Quantal) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1086019 | cupsd crashes regularly (daily) | cups-filters (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1086019 | cupsd crashes regularly (daily) | cups-filters (Ubuntu Quantal) | Undecided | Invalid | ||
Bug #1088448: Unknown directive SystemGroup
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1088448 | Unknown directive SystemGroup | cups (Ubuntu) | Undecided | Confirmed | ||
See the 
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.
