DSA-2990-1 cups -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2990-1 cups -- security update

Date Reported:

27 Jul 2014

Affected Packages:

cups

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-3537, CVE-2014-5029, CVE-2014-5030, CVE-2014-5031.

More information:

It was discovered that the web interface in CUPS, the Common UNIX Printing System, incorrectly validated permissions on rss files and directory index files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary files, possibly leading to a privilege escalation.

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.