CVE-2018-4300

Publication date 3 April 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cups 20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2.2.8-5ubuntu1.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.6
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.11

Notes

mdeslaur

Updates for this issue were originally assigned CVE-2018-4700, which was a typo and got rejected.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
cups

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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