CVE-2014-5031

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-07-22
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.5
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
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