SB2014012601 - Link following in Apple CUPS



SB2014012601 - Link following in Apple CUPS

Published: January 26, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014012601
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6891)

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.