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Debian Wheezy: DSA-2990-1 Critical: CUPS Permission Bypass

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2014
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The advisory DSA-2990-1 from Debian tackles a security vulnerability in the CUPS web interface, which can result in improper permission configurations.
It was discovered that the web interface in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, incorrectly validated permissions on rss files and directory index files

Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5.3-5+deb7u4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.7.4-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your cups packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: cups
CVE ID: CVE-2014-3537 CVE-2014-5029 CVE-2014-5030 CVE-2014-5031

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