Access Restriction Bypass Affecting cups-debuginfo package, versions <1:1.4.2-67.20.al12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.62% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-CUPSDEBUGINFO-1678696
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed29 Jul 2014

Introduced: 29 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-5031  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 cups-debuginfo to version 1:1.4.2-67.20.al12 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-438.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups-debuginfo package and not the cups-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The web interface in CUPS before 2.0 does not check that files have world-readable permissions, which allows remote attackers to obtains sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Base Scores

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