{"id":"USN-2293-1","summary":"cups vulnerability","details":"Francisco Alonso discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly\nvalidated permissions on rss files. A local attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary files, possibly\nleading to a privilege escalation.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T08:58:19.026314Z","published":"2014-07-21T16:19:59Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3537"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-3537","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3537"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2293-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3537"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cups","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups@1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"cups","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"cups-bsd","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"cups-client","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"cups-common","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"cups-core-drivers","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"cups-daemon","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"cups-ppdc","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"cups-server-common","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libcups2","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libcupscgi1","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libcupsimage2","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libcupsmime1","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libcupsppdc1","binary_version":"1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2293-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-3537"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}