Vulnerability CVE-2011-2722
Published: 2012-05-25   Modified: 2012-05-26

Description:
The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.2/10
2.9/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
HP -> Linux imaging and printing project 

 References:
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=515866&action=diff
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704608
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/809904
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/14
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-17.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/48441
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0133.html
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