CVE-2014-3537

Summary

CVECVE-2014-3537
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-23 14:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:40:00 UTC
DescriptionThe web interface in CUPS before 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Cups 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.0 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.1 b1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.2 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.0 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.1 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.1 b1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.2 All All All
Application Apple Cups All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2014-3537: Insufficient checking leads to privilege escalation · Issue #4450 · apple/cups · GitHub CONFIRM www.cups.org
USN-2293-1: CUPS vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:108 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Article #724: CUPS 1.7.4 - CUPS.org CONFIRM www.cups.org Vendor Advisory
Bug 1115576 – CVE-2014-3537 cups: insufficient checking leads to privilege escalation CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
CUPS Web Interface CVE-2014-3537 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight APPLE archives.neohapsis.com
CUPS RSS Web Interface Lets Local Users View Privileged Files - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA60273 - Ubuntu update for cups - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA60787 - SUSE update for cups - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: cups-1.7.4-1.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0313 - Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-3537 MISC access.redhat.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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