CVE-2014-5029

Severity: low (CVSS 1.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-07-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: 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 products

cups: 1.7.4
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 14.04

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60509
http://secunia.com/advisories/60787
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2990
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2341-1
https://cups.org/str.php?L4455
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html

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