CVE-2014-3537 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

12%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

48%

The web interface in CUPS before 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/.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-07-23 14:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-07 03:00:00

Affected Software

Apple CUPS 1.7 release candidate 1

1.7

Apple CUPS 1.7.0

1.7.0

Apple CUPS 1.7.1

1.7.1

Apple CUPS 1.7 beta1

1.7.1

Apple CUPS 1.7.2

1.7.2

Apple Cups

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS

10.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Fedora 20

20

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html

APPLE-SA-2014-10-16-1

FEDORA-2014-8351

RHSA-2014:1388

59945

60273

60787

http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L724

Vendor Advisory

http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4450

MDVSA-2015:108

68788