SB2014072301 - Link following in Apple CUPS
Published: July 23, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014072301
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3537)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The web interface in CUPS before 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/.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135528.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59945
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60787
- http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L724
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4450
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68788
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030611
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2293-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115576
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535