Apple CUPS 1.7.0/1.7.1/1.7.2/1.7.3/1.7.4 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple CUPS 1.7.0/1.7.1/1.7.2/1.7.3/1.7.4. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-5031. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple CUPS 1.7.0/1.7.1/1.7.2/1.7.3/1.7.4 (Printing Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The web interface in CUPS before 2.0 does not check that files have world-readable permissions, which allows remote attackers to obtains sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 07/23/2014 by Salvatore Bonaccorso with Tor (Website). The advisory is shared at cups.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-5031 since 07/22/2014. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78781 (Amazon Linux AMI : cups (ALAS-2014-438)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350289 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for cups: ALAS-2014-438).

Upgrading to version 1.7.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94807), Tenable (78781), SecurityFocus (BID 68847†), Secunia (SA59945†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46108†). bugzilla.redhat.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-13004, VDB-67187, VDB-67239 and VDB-67240. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 78781
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : cups (ALAS-2014-438)
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OpenVAS ID: 702990
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2990-1 (cups - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CUPS 1.7.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: RHSA-2014:1388
Researcher: Salvatore Bonaccorso
Organization: Tor
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-5031 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-5031
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67241

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X-Force: 94807 - CUPS interface privilege escalation, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 68847 - CUPS Web Interface CVE-2014-5031 Incomplete Fix Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 59945 - CUPS Symlink Information Disclosure Weaknesses, Not Critical
Vulnerability Center: 46108 - Apple CUPS Before 2.0 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability via Unspecified Vectors, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/26/2014 09:27
Updated: 02/09/2022 22:55
Changes: 07/26/2014 09:27 (79), 06/06/2017 08:26 (3), 02/09/2022 22:27 (3), 02/09/2022 22:42 (1), 02/09/2022 22:55 (2)
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