Medium severity · published Nov 19, 2019
CVE-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 enabled
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
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 38% 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
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
14; 15 · source: NVD
FO
Foomatic-filters · Linuxfoundation
through 4.0.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2924
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2924
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924
Release Notes
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1
Third Party Advisory
https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1
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