CVE-2014-5029

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

29/07/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 1.50 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

1.50

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::

CVE-2014-5029

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools