The CUPS AppArmor profile incorrectly confined the dnssd backend due to use of hard links. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escape confinement. This flaw affects versions prior to 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.1 in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, prior to 2.2.4-7ubuntu3.1 in Ubuntu 17.10, prior to 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.5 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and prior to 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.10 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
Published: 2018-08-10T15:00:00Z
Updated: 2024-09-16T19:51:16.287Z
Reserved: 2018-02-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-6553
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-08-10T15:29:01.187
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:53.550
Link: CVE-2018-6553
Redhat