Link Following Affecting cups-php 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
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-CUPSPHP-1678659
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed23 Jul 2014

Introduced: 23 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-3537  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 cups-php 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-php package and not the cups-php 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 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 Scores

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