CVE-2004-1269

Exp

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.

Published: 2005-01-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1269 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.95%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1269

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25012 exploit_db edb 2004-12-11 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1269

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 8.64% 8.95% +0.32%
2 2025-07-14 9.90% 8.64% -1.26%
3 2025-03-30 — 9.90% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1269

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1269

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1269

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1269 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1269
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1269
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1269 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cupsys), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1269

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1269

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
easy_software_products cups 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.0.4_8 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_2 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_3 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_5 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.19_rc5 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.19_rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.22_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.22_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora_core core_2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora_core core_3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1269

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