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title: "CVE-2014-5031\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-5031

Publication date 29 July 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The web interface in CUPS before 2.0 does not check that files have
world-readable permissions, which allows remote attackers to obtains
sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5031?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cups | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.5 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.13 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5031?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

The patch below introduces a regression preventing the web
interface from being able to read log files. (See comments in
bug 4455.)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| cups | * Upstream:   <https://cups.org/strfiles.php/3371/str4455-1.7.patch> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5031)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5031)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-5031)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5031)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2341-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2341-1)
+ CUPS vulnerabilities
+ 8 September 2014

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/209>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5031>