Medium severity · published Nov 19, 2019
CVE-2011-2923
foomatic-rip filter, all versions, used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering the data when the debug mode was enabled
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
foomatic-rip filter, all versions, 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FO
Foomatic-filters · Linuxfoundation
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2923
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2923
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923
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