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.
CVE-2011-2924
Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-04-22. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 5.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 35.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 19, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (12)
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924
- secalert@redhathttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1
- secalert@redhathttps://lwn.net/Articles/459979/
- secalert@redhathttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924
- secalert@redhathttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1
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