Vulnerability in Apple Cups

CVE-2014-3537

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/.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apple Cups — versions 1.7, 1.7.0, 1.7.1
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)