CVE-2014-3537

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-07-14

Description

It was discovered that CUPS allowed certain users to create symbolic links in certain directories under /var/cache/cups/. A local user with the 'lp' group privileges could use this flaw to read the contents of arbitrary files on the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.

See more information about CVE-2014-3537 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.5	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (cups)	ELSA-2014-1388	2014-10-15
Oracle VM version 3.3 (cups)	OVMSA-2014-0035	2014-11-03

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