CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-5029

1.5 LOW Published 2014-07-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-07-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.5 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• apple cups 1.7.4 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References