It was discovered that CUPS allowed certain users to create symbolic links in certain directories under /var/cache/cups/. A local user with the 'lp' group privileges could use this flaw to read the contents of arbitrary files on the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
Find out more about CVE-2014-3537 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as it is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle, https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (cups) | RHBA-2015:0386 | 2015-03-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (cups) | RHSA-2014:1388 | 2014-10-13 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cups | Will not fix |
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