CVE-2014-5030 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

19%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

48%

CUPS before 2.0 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) index.html, (2) index.class, (3) index.pl, (4) index.php, (5) index.pyc, or (6) index.py.

CUPS before 2.0 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) index.html, (2) index.class, (3) index.pl, (4) index.php, (5) index.pyc, or (6) index.py.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-07-29 14:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-07 03:00:00

Affected Software

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS

10.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

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 1.7.3

1.7.3

Apple Cups

References

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

RHSA-2014:1388

60509

60787

DSA-2990

MDVSA-2015:108

[oss-security] 20140722 Re: CVE Request: cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537

[oss-security] 20140722 CVE Request: cups: Incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537

USN-2341-1

https://cups.org/str.php?L4455

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