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CVE-2011-2924 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1 CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linuxfoundation foomatic-filters
<= 4.0.12

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
14
15

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2924
NVD Published Date:
Nov 19, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-2924 Details - Not Deferred