CVE-2011-2924 Information

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.

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-2011-2924 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1 https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/ https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1

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