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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2021-25317"
idYear: 2021
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2021-05-05T09:35:13.321Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-08T21:03:33.534Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:26.894Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-25317"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2021-25317.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25317"
title: "cups: ownership of /var/log/cups allows the lp user to create files as root"
summary: "A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of cups of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers with control of the lp users to create files as root with 0644 permissions without the ability to set the content. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS cups versions prior to 1.3.9. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 cups versions prior to 1.7.5. openSUSE Leap 15.2 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. openSUSE Factory cups version 2.3.3op2-2.1 and prior versions."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"cups","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.3.9"}],"vendor":"SUSE","product":"SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS"},{"versions":[{"version":"cups","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"2.2.7"}],"vendor":"SUSE","product":"SUSE Manager Server 4.0"},{"versions":[{"version":"cups","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.7.5"}],"vendor":"SUSE","product":"SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9"},{"versions":[{"version":"cups","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"2.2.7"}],"vendor":"openSUSE","product":"openSUSE Leap 15.2"},{"versions":[{"version":"cups","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"2.3.3op2-2.1"}],"vendor":"openSUSE","product":"Factory"}]

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