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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-CUPS-364407
- published 29 Jul 2014
- disclosed 29 Jul 2014
Introduced: 29 Jul 2014
CVE-2014-5029 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 cups to version 1.7.4-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups package and not the cups package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5029
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2990
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
- https://cups.org/str.php?L4455
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60509
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60787
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-5029
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2341-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
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