Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-35235) has been identified in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants. The issue involves an arbitrary chmod operation with mode 0140777 in the cups daemon's listen functionality. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with an update to address this moderate severity vulnerability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-35235 is a vulnerability in CUPS where the cups daemon (cupsd) improperly applies an arbitrary chmod 0140777 on its listen sockets or files. This could lead to incorrect permissions being set, potentially allowing unauthorized access or privilege escalation. Red Hat has released an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related product variants to fix this issue. The advisory rates the impact as moderate and references the official Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2024:5644 for details and patch instructions.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows cupsd to set overly permissive file permissions (chmod 0140777), which may enable unauthorized users to access or manipulate files or services related to the printing system. This could lead to privilege escalation or unauthorized access within affected systems running vulnerable versions of CUPS on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update to address this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:5644 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-35235) has been identified in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants. The issue involves an arbitrary chmod operation with mode 0140777 in the cups daemon's listen functionality. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with an update to address this moderate severity vulnerability.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-35235 is a vulnerability in CUPS where the cups daemon (cupsd) improperly applies an arbitrary chmod 0140777 on its listen sockets or files. This could lead to incorrect permissions being set, potentially allowing unauthorized access or privilege escalation. Red Hat has released an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related product variants to fix this issue. The advisory rates the impact as moderate and references the official Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2024:5644 for details and patch instructions.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows cupsd to set overly permissive file permissions (chmod 0140777), which may enable unauthorized users to access or manipulate files or services related to the printing system. This could lead to privilege escalation or unauthorized access within affected systems running vulnerable versions of CUPS on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update to address this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support and related variants should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:5644 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying this update will remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:5644
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1f14853345fc1832951
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:29 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 22:45:12 UTC
Last updated: 07/03/2026, 08:51:19 UTC
Views: 6
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