USN-2341-1

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    USN-2341-1

    Published: 8 Sept 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: cups vulnerabilities

    Details: Salvatore Bonaccorso discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly validated permissions and incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary files, possibly leading to a privilege escalation.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2341-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5029, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5030, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5031

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cups

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5
    1.7.0-0ubuntu2
    1.7.0-0ubuntu3
    1.7.0-1
    1.7.0-2
    1.7.1-1
    1.7.1-2
    1.7.1-2git1
    1.7.1-3
    1.7.1-4
    1.7.1-4ubuntu1
    1.7.1-5ubuntu1
    1.7.1-5ubuntu3
    1.7.1-5ubuntu4
    1.7.1-5ubuntu5
    1.7.1-5ubuntu6
    1.7.1-5ubuntu7
    1.7.1-5ubuntu8
    1.7.1-5ubuntu9
    1.7.1-5ubuntu10
    1.7.2-0ubuntu1
    1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1

    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
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