CVE-2023-32360: Infoleak

Published Dec 6, 2022
·
Updated

A vulnerability was found in OpenPrinting CUPS. Unauthorized users are permitted to fetch documents over local or remote networks, leading to confidentiality breach.

Other sources

Accessibility. A privacy issue was addressed with improved private data redaction for log entries.

— Apple

Accessibility. This issue was addressed with improved checks.

— Apple

Accounts. A permissions issue was addressed with improved redaction of sensitive information.

— Apple

AMD. A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

— Apple

An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.7, macOS Monterey 12.6.6, macOS Ventura 13.4. An unauthenticated user may be able to access recently printed documents.

— Ubuntu

Credit

Gerhard Muth, James Duffy (mangoSecure), Kirin@@Pwnrin, Adam M., Mickey Jin@@patch1t, Dimitrios Tatsis(Cisco Talos), Zitong Wu (吴梓桐)(Zhuhai No), Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitSMM(Mbition Mercedes), Meysam Firouzi@@R00tkitsmm(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), hou xuewei vmk msu@@p1ay8y3ar, CertiK SkyFall Team(Pinauten GmbH), Linus Henze(Pinauten GmbH), 08Tc3wBB(Jamf), Adam Doupé(ASU SEFCOM), Eloi Benoist-Vanderbeken@@elvanderb(Synacktiv), Wojciech Reguła@@_r3ggi(SecuRing), OSS-Fuzz(Google Project Zero), Ned Williamson(Google Project Zero), Jonathan Bar Or(Microsoft), Anurag Bohra(Microsoft), (Microsoft), Michael Pearse(Microsoft), Thijs Alkemade@@xnyhps(Computest Sector 7), Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman, Michael DePlante@@izobashi(Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative), Thijs Alkemade(Computest Sector 7), Jonathan Fritz, Arsenii Kostromin (0x3c3e), Julian Szulc, Holger Fuhrmannek(Deutsche Telekom Security GmbH on behalf of BSI), Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit(FFRI Security Inc), Koh M. Nakagawa(FFRI Security Inc), Kirin@@Pwnrin(Offensive Security), Jeff Johnson (underpassapp.com)(Offensive Security), (Offensive Security), Csaba Fitzl@@theevilbit(Offensive Security), Wenchao Li(Alibaba Group), Xiaolong Bai(Alibaba Group), Mickey Jin@@patch1t(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), Zhipeng Huo@@R3dF09(Tencent Security Xuanwu Lab), an anonymous researcher, Khiem Tran, Gergely Kalman@@gergely_kalman(SecuRing), (SecuRing), Wojciech Reguła(SecuRing), Yiğit Can YILMAZ@@yilmazcanyigit, CVE-2023-22809, Satish Panduranga, Ivan Fratric(Google Project Zero), Wojciech Regula(SecuRing), Ignacio Sanmillan@@ulexec, Clément Lecigne(Google's Threat Analysis Group), Donncha Ó Cearbhaill(Amnesty International), Pan ZhenPeng@@Peterpan0927(STAR Labs SG Pte), Sergii Kryvoblotskyi(MacPaw Inc), ABC Research s.r.o.

Affected Software

22 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/cups<1:1.6.3-52.el7_9
1:1.6.3-52.el7_9
redhat/cups<1:2.2.6-51.el8_8.1
1:2.2.6-51.el8_8.1
redhat/cups<1:2.2.6-28.el8_1.2
1:2.2.6-28.el8_1.2
redhat/cups<1:2.2.6-33.el8_2.2
1:2.2.6-33.el8_2.2
redhat/cups<1:2.2.6-38.el8_4.2
1:2.2.6-38.el8_4.2
redhat/cups<1:2.2.6-45.el8_6.3
1:2.2.6-45.el8_6.3
redhat/cups<1:2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1
1:2.3.3op2-16.el9_2.1
redhat/cups<1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.2
1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.2
debian/cups<=2.2.10-6+deb10u6, <=2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2
2.2.10-6+deb10u92.3.3op2-3+deb11u62.4.2-3+deb12u52.4.7-12.4.7-1.2
redhat/cups<2.4.3
2.4.3
ubuntu/cups<2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+
2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+
ubuntu/cups<2.3.1-9ubuntu1.5
2.3.1-9ubuntu1.5
ubuntu/cups<2.4.1
2.4.1
ubuntu/cups<2.4.2-3ubuntu2.4
2.4.2-3ubuntu2.4
ubuntu/cups<2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+
2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+
Apple macOS Big Sur<11.7.7
11.7.7
macOS<12.6.6
12.6.6
macOS Ventura<13.4
13.4
IBM QRadar SIEM<=7.5 - 7.5.0 UP8 IF01
macOS>=11.0<11.7.7
macOS>=12.0.0<12.6.6
macOS>=13.0<13.4

Remediation

Information

The user can either set 'PreserveJobFiles No' in cupsd.conf which will completely shut off the saving the job files, thereby preventing the attacker to get a file or restrict access in firewall and in cupsd to trusted users.

Patch Available

https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/a0c8b9c9556882f00c68b9727a95a1b6d1452913

Event History

Dec 6, 2022
CVE Published
12:00 AM
May 18, 2023
Data Sourced
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Updated
via Apple·12:00 AM
Description
Jun 23, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Jan 12, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·12:20 AM
Description

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID of the authentication issue in CUPS?

The vulnerability ID of the authentication issue in CUPS is CVE-2023-32360.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2023-32360?

The severity of CVE-2023-32360 is high with a severity value of 6.5.

3

Which operating systems are affected by CVE-2023-32360?

CVE-2023-32360 affects macOS Big Sur (version up to 11.7.7), macOS Monterey (version up to 12.6.6), and macOS Ventura (version up to 13.4).

4

How can an unauthenticated user exploit CVE-2023-32360?

An unauthenticated user may be able to access recently printed documents.

5

Is there a fix available for CVE-2023-32360?

Yes, the vulnerability is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.7.7, macOS Monterey 12.6.6, and macOS Ventura 13.4.

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