CVE-2011-2923

CVSS V2 Low 3.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2923
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-11-19T21:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-18T15:05:57
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 3.3
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2923
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2923
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:20:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 06:34:49 2019-11-19T21:15Z 2019-11-19T21:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 06:34:49 2020-08-18T15:05:57 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 06:34:49 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated