CVE-2014-5029

NameCVE-2014-5029
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-0022-1, DSA-2990-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cups (PTS)buster, buster (security)2.2.10-6+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, sid2.4.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cupssourcesqueeze1.4.4-7+squeeze6
cupssourcewheezy1.5.3-5+deb7u4DSA-2990-1
cupssource(unstable)1.7.4-2

Notes

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