CVE-2014-5029

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5029
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-29 14:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-01-07 03:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe web interface in CUPS 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/ and language[0] set to null. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Cups 1.7.4 All All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.4 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2341-1: CUPS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE Request: cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537 MLIST www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2990-1 cups DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:108 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537 (CVE-2014-5029/5030/5031) · Issue #4455 · apple/cups · GitHub CONFIRM cups.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA60787 - SUSE update for cups - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0313 - Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537 MLIST www.openwall.com
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