Incomplete Fix for Symlink Attack in CUPS 1.7.4 Allows Local Users to Read Arbitrary Files

CVE-2014-5029 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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