{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5029","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:38:22.449243Z","published":"2014-07-29T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2341-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-5029"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5029"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/209"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2341-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5029"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cups","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups@1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5","1.7.0-0ubuntu2","1.7.0-0ubuntu3","1.7.0-1","1.7.0-2","1.7.1-1","1.7.1-2","1.7.1-2git1","1.7.1-3","1.7.1-4","1.7.1-4ubuntu1","1.7.1-5ubuntu1","1.7.1-5ubuntu3","1.7.1-5ubuntu4","1.7.1-5ubuntu5","1.7.1-5ubuntu6","1.7.1-5ubuntu7","1.7.1-5ubuntu8","1.7.1-5ubuntu9","1.7.1-5ubuntu10","1.7.2-0ubuntu1","1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cups"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cups-bsd"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cups-client"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cups-common"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cups-core-drivers"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cups-daemon"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cups-ppdc"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"cups-server-common"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcups2"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcups2-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcupscgi1"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcupscgi1-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcupsimage2"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcupsimage2-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcupsmime1"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcupsmime1-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcupsppdc1"},{"binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2","binary_name":"libcupsppdc1-dev"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5029.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}