usn-2341-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-09-08 14:17
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
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.

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    {
      "database_specific": {
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          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-5029",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-5030",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-5031",
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
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        }
      },
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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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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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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcupsimage2",
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcupsmime1",
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          },
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      },
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            },
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            }
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        "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",
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Salvatore Bonaccorso discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly\nvalidated permissions and incorrectly handled symlinks. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary\nfiles, possibly leading to a privilege escalation.\n",
  "id": "USN-2341-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2014-09-08T14:17:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2341-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5029"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5030"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5031"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "cups vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5029",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5030",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5031"
  ]
}



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