Vulnerability Details CVE-2011-2924
foomatic-rip filter v4.0.12 and prior used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering the data when the debug mode was enabled. This flaw may be exploited by a local attacker to conduct symlink attacks by overwriting arbitrary files accessible with the privileges of the user running the foomatic-rip universal print filter.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 31.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
CVSS v2 Score 3.3
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1
- https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1
- https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1
Products affected by CVE-2011-2924
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.12
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:4.0.9
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15