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    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/.

    Published:Jul 14, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Jul 23, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00053
    CVSS Score:1.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Cups
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High