ubuntu-cve-2014-5029
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-07-29 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

The web interface in CUPS 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/ and language[0] set to null. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "cups",
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2"
          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          },
          {
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          {
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          {
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          {
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          },
          {
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        "name": "cups",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups@1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "1.7.0-0ubuntu2",
        "1.7.0-0ubuntu3",
        "1.7.0-1",
        "1.7.0-2",
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        "1.7.1-2",
        "1.7.1-2git1",
        "1.7.1-3",
        "1.7.1-4",
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        "1.7.1-5ubuntu5",
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        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The web interface in CUPS 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/ and language[0] set to null.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5029",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:43Z",
  "published": "2014-07-29T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5029"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/209"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2341-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5029"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2341-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-5029"
  ]
}



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