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title: "CVE-2010-2431\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2431

Publication date 22 June 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp
group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the
(1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cups | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.4.1-5ubuntu2.6 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.9 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| cupsys | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.11 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.19 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2431)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2431)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2431)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2431)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2431>