CVE-2018-6553
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6553
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6553.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6553
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-08-10T15:29:01.187Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:26:29.894087Z
- Severity
-
- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6553.json"
unresolved_ranges
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