Link following in CUPS - CVE-2014-3537
Published: July 23, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32504
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3537
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
CUPS
CUPS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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/.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3537
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135528.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59945
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60787
- http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L724
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4450
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68788
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030611
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2293-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115576
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535