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CVE-2014-3537

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Date: July 23, 2014

The 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/.

Language: C

Severity Score

2.9

Related Resources (5)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/60787

Url: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3537

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3537

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-3537

Severity Score

2.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 1.7.4

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	2.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	1.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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