CVE-2011-2923

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2923
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-19 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-18 15:05:00 UTC
Descriptionfoomatic-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Foomatic-filters All All All All
Application Linuxfoundation Foomatic-filters All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 713717 – VUL-1: CVE-2011-2923, CVE-2011-2924: foomatic (foomatic-filters): foomatic-rip (debug mode) insecure temporary file use in renderer command line by processing PostScript data MISC bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
726426 – (CVE-2011-2923, CVE-2011-2924) CVE-2011-2923 CVE-2011-2924 foomatic: foomatic-rip (debug mode) insecure temporary file use in renderer command line by processing PostScript data MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-2923 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-2923 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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