CVE-2011-2923 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5