CVE-2014-5029 — Link Following in Apple Cups

CWE-59 — Link Following9 documents8 sources
Severity
1.5LOWNVD
CNA1.2OSV1.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 84.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple CupsCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 29
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.7 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianapple/cups< 1.7.4-2+3
▶NVDapple/cups1.7.4

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 12.04, 14.04

Patches

Patch: cups.org ↗Patch: cups.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-jxpq-c7wx-p6h2: The web interface in CUPS 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-5029: The web interface in CUPS 1↗2014-07-29
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CVEList
CVE-2014-5029: The web interface in CUPS 1↗2014-07-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
CUPS vulnerabilities↗2014-09-08
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Red Hat
cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537↗2014-07-22
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Debian
CVE-2014-5029: cups - The web interface in CUPS 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbit...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-5029 CVE-2014-5030 CVE-2014-5031 cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537 [fedora-all]↗2014-07-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-5029 cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537↗2014-07-23
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