CVE-2011-2923 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

55%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

60%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Debian Linux

First reported 5 years ago

2019-11-19 21:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-11-25 17:10:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

Debian Linux 10

10

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923

Third Party Advisory

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