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CVE-2014-5031

Published: 29 July 2014

The web interface in CUPS before 2.0 does not check that files have world-readable permissions, which allows remote attackers to obtains sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
The patch below introduces a regression preventing the web
interface from being able to read log files. (See comments in
bug 4455.)

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
cups
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (1.7.4-5)
lucid
Released (1.4.3-1ubuntu1.13)
precise
Released (1.5.3-0ubuntu8.5)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2])
Patches:
upstream: https://cups.org/strfiles.php/3371/str4455-1.7.patch