Vulnerability CVE-2011-2923


Published: 2019-11-19   Modified: 2019-11-24

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.

Type:

CWE-59

(Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
4.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Linuxfoundation -> Foomatic-filters 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923

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