CVE-2014-3537 (GCVE-0-2014-3537)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-07-23 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:50
VLAI
Summary
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/.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/60273 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L724 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2293-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68788 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://secunia.com/advisories/59945 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030611 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Date Public
2014-07-14 00:00
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