CVE-2011-2924
published 2019-11-19CVE-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…
PriorityP428medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN
EPSS
0.43%
35.2th percentile
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.
Affected
12 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | foomatic-filters | < foomatic-filters 4.0.12-1 (bookworm) | foomatic-filters 4.0.12-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| foomatic-filters | foomatic-filters | — | — |
| foomatic-filters | foomatic-filters | >= 0 < 4.0.12-1 | 4.0.12-1 |
| foomatic-filters | foomatic-filters | >= 0 < 4.0.12-1 | 4.0.12-1 |
| foomatic-filters | foomatic-filters | >= 0 < 4.0.12-1 | 4.0.12-1 |
| foomatic-filters | foomatic-filters | >= 0 < 4.0.12-1 | 4.0.12-1 |
| linuxfoundation | foomatic-filters | <= 4.0.12 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.03.3LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Red Hat
foomatic: foomatic-rip (debug mode) insecure temporary file use in renderer command line by processing PostScript data
vendor_redhat·2011-07-28·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2011-2924 [MEDIUM] CWE-377 foomatic: foomatic-rip (debug mode) insecure temporary file use in renderer command line by processing PostScript data
foomatic: foomatic-rip (debug mode) insecure temporary file use in renderer command line by processing PostScript data
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.
Statement: Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Package: foomatic (Red Hat
Debian
CVE-2011-2924: foomatic-filters - foomatic-rip filter v4.0.12 and prior used insecurely creates temporary files fo...
vendor_debian·2011·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2011-2924 [MEDIUM] CVE-2011-2924: foomatic-filters - foomatic-rip filter v4.0.12 and prior used insecurely creates temporary files fo...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.0.12-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.0.12-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.0.12-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.0.12-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.0.12-1)
GHSA
GHSA-hp49-99r6-whjr: foomatic-rip filter v4
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-04-22
CVE-2011-2924 [MEDIUM] CWE-59 GHSA-hp49-99r6-whjr: foomatic-rip filter v4
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.
OSV
CVE-2011-2924: foomatic-rip filter v4
osv·2019-11-19·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2011-2924 [MEDIUM] CVE-2011-2924: foomatic-rip filter v4
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1
2019-11-19
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