Link Following Affecting cups-libs package, versions <1:1.6.3-17.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-CUPSLIBS-4942299
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Jul 2014

Introduced: 22 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-5030  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 cups-libs to version 1:1.6.3-17.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2015:0386.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cups-libs package and not the cups-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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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