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
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-CUPSPHP-1678741
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed29 Jul 2014

Introduced: 29 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-5030  (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.

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 Scores

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