CVE-2011-2923 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-2923

foomatic-rip filter, all versions, used insecurely creates temporary files for...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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CVE-2011-2924
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Medium 5.5

Affected Vendor

foomatic-filters

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Affected Software

foomatic-filters
Vulnerable Versions:
all versions

Timeline

Official Publish: November 19th, 2019
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.