CVE-2014-5029

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-5029
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-29 14:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.5 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:108 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-2341-1: CUPS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2990-1 cups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE Request: cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA60787 - SUSE update for cups - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537 (CVE-2014-5029/5030/5031) · Issue #4455 · apple/cups · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cups.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0313 - Updated cups packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
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