PT-2019-6659 · Linux Printing.Org · Foomatic-Rip

Tim Waugh · Published 2019-11-19 · Updated 2020-08-18 · CVE-2011-2924

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions foomatic-rip filter versions 4.0.12 and prior

Description The issue allows 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. This is possible because the foomatic-rip filter insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data when the debug mode is enabled.

Recommendations For versions 4.0.12 and prior, consider disabling the debug mode as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. Restrict access to the foomatic-rip filter to minimize the risk of arbitrary file overwrites. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2924

Affected Products

Foomatic-Rip

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2924 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-2924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/8299 · Telegram Post
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924 · Note
• https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1 · Note
• https://lwn.net/Articles/459979 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924 · Note