CVE-2011-2722 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

12%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

48%

The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-05-25 20:55:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-10-11 03:36:00

Affected Software

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.2

3.9.2

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.4

3.9.4

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.4b

3.9.4b

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.6

3.9.6

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.8

3.9.8

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.10

3.9.10

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.9.12

3.9.12

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.10.2

3.10.2

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.10.5

3.10.5

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.10.6

3.10.6

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.10.9

3.10.9

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.1

3.11.1

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.3

3.11.3

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.3a

3.11.3a

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project

HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project 3.11.7

3.11.7

References

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2013:0133

48441

55083

GLSA-201203-17

[oss-security] 20110726 Re: CVE request: hplip: insecure tmp file handling

USN-1981-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/809904

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704608

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=515866&action=diff

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830

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