CVE-2014-5029
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-07-29 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-07-22
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1f019cf2d445031113bd883c9cb7d69319cc9b483fcdace0b30a2bb56185c530
05 Affected products
06 References
- cups.orghttps://cups.org/str.php?L4455
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2341-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2341-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140722 Re: CVE Request: cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/13
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1388http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
- secunia.com60787http://secunia.com/advisories/60787
- www.debian.orgDSA-2990http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2990
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140722 CVE Request: cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/2
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
- secunia.com60509http://secunia.com/advisories/60509
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.7.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.7.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.7.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- cups Fixed in 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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