CVE-2011-2924

CVSS V2 Low 3.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
foomatic-rip filter v4.0.12 and prior 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-2011-2924
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-11-19T22:15:10
  • 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 4.0.12
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
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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://lwn.net/Articles/459979/ Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1 Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2924
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2924
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:20:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 06:34:57 2019-11-19T22:15Z 2019-11-19T22:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 06:34:57 2020-08-18T15:05:57 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 06:34:57 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated