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Gentoo GLSA-201404-01 Normal: CUPS Arbitrary File Access Issue

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Calendar Grey April 7, 2014
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Critical file exposure flaw found in CUPS for Gentoo systems. Updating is advised to enhance security posture and mitigate risks of exploitation.
A vulnerability in CUPS may allow for arbitrary file access.

Summary

Members of the lpadmin group have admin access to the web interface, where they can edit the config file and set some “dangerous” directives (like the log filenames), which enable them to read or write files as the user running the CUPS webserver.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo local attack cups arbitrary file access normal severity file access issue

Resolution

All CUPS users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/cups-1.6.2-r5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-5519 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5519

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201404-01
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: CUPS: Arbitrary file read/write
Date: April 07, 2014
Bugs: #442926
ID: 201404-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo local attack cups arbitrary file access normal severity file access issue

Synopsis

A vulnerability in CUPS may allow for arbitrary file access.

Background

CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, is a full-featured print server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-print/cups < 1.6.2-r5 >= 1.6.2-r5

Impact

===== A local attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability to read or write files as the user running the CUPS webserver.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.