CVE-2014-5029 Path traversal in n/a

Low 1.5 Published 29 Jul 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local users in the lp group can read arbitrary files via a symlink attack in the CUPS web interface.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2014-5029?

CVE-2014-5029 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Apple Cups, published on 29 Jul 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5029?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Cups, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5029?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-5029 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5029, GHSA-jxpq-c7wx-p6h2, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5029.