USN-2293-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2293-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2293-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2293-1
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Published
2014-07-21T16:19:59.652993Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:02Z
Summary
cups vulnerability
Details

Francisco Alonso discovered that the CUPS web interface incorrectly validated permissions on rss files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass file permissions and read arbitrary files, possibly leading to a privilege escalation.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / cups

Package

Name
cups
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cups@1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.7.0~rc1-0ubuntu5
1.7.0-0ubuntu2
1.7.0-0ubuntu3
1.7.0-1
1.7.0-2
1.7.1-1
1.7.1-2
1.7.1-2git1
1.7.1-3
1.7.1-4
1.7.1-4ubuntu1
1.7.1-5ubuntu1
1.7.1-5ubuntu3
1.7.1-5ubuntu4
1.7.1-5ubuntu5
1.7.1-5ubuntu6
1.7.1-5ubuntu7
1.7.1-5ubuntu8
1.7.1-5ubuntu9
1.7.1-5ubuntu10
1.7.2-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "cups"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "cups-bsd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "cups-client"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "cups-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "cups-core-drivers"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "cups-daemon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "cups-ppdc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "cups-server-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcups2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcups2-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcupscgi1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcupscgi1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcupsimage2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcupsimage2-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcupsmime1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcupsmime1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcupsppdc1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libcupsppdc1-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-3537"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}