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CVE-2014-5029

Date: July 29, 2014

The 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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

http://secunia.com/advisories/60787
http://secunia.com/advisories/60509
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/13
https://cups.org/str.php?L4455
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2341-1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5029
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2990
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5029
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-5029
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5029
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/2
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-5029

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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