CVE-2014-5030
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.9
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.7.4-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.7.4-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.7.4-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.7.4-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.7.4-2 |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60509
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60787
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2990
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2341-1
- https://cups.org/str.php?L4455
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5030
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.