# CVE-2004-1270: Other in n/a

> Local attackers can manipulate CUPS password file output by exploiting unverified file descriptors, potentially corrupting authentication data.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2004
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1270, GHSA-hxq6-gg87-xqc4

## What is CVE-2004-1270?

CVE-2004-1270 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Fedora Core, published on 22 Dec 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1270?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Easy Software Products Cups, Redhat Fedora Core.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-1270?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2004-1270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Fedora Core

- [CVE-2001-0194](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0194/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-5849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5849/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2004-1125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1125/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2002-0063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0063/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2001-1332](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1332/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-1270 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-1270 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Fedora Core, published on 22 Dec 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Fedora Core. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1270/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1270/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1270
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1270
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1270

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.