CVE-2011-2923

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinuxfoundation Foomatic-filters
PublishedNov 19, 2019
First seenNov 19, 2019

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linuxfoundation foomatic-filtersNo range specified—
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0, 10.0—

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