FKIE_CVE-2014-3537
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-07-23 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:08
Severity
Summary
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/.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | cups | * | |
| apple | cups | 1.7 | |
| apple | cups | 1.7.0 | |
| apple | cups | 1.7.1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.7.1 | |
| apple | cups | 1.7.2 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 20 |
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