RHSA-2011:0953Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: system-config-firewall security update

Published
July 18, 2011
Last Modified
March 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-2520 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-2520 — system-config-firewall: privilege escalation flaw via use of python pickle

🎯 Affected products22

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-firewall-0:1.2.27-3.el6_1.3.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-firewall-0:1.2.27-3.el6_1.3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-firewall-base-0:1.2.27-3.el6_1.3.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-firewall-tui-0:1.2.27-3.el6_1.3.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-debuginfo-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-debuginfo-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-debuginfo-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-debuginfo-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-libs-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-libs-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-libs-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-libs-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-udev-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-udev-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-udev-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • system-config-printer-udev-0:1.1.16-17.el6_1.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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