Upstream information

CVE-2011-2924 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.3
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 713717 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 foomatic-filters Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 foomatic-filters Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 foomatic-filters Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 foomatic-filters Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS foomatic-filters Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 foomatic-filters Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS foomatic-filters Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 foomatic-filters Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS foomatic-filters Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS foomatic-filters Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 foomatic-filters Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Sep 21 11:48:44 2011
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 18:38:50 2023