Vulnerability Name: | CCN-611 | ||||||
Published: | 1997-10-01 | ||||||
Updated: | 1997-10-01 | ||||||
Summary: | This issue contains two parts:
Red Hat calls the printfilter software package when any file is being printed. After determining the file type, printfilter applies the appropriate filter to the file so the file can be printed properly. Some filters write in the /tmp directory, therefore local users can create system links that will overwrite files with uid bin and gid root. Groff requests allow local as well as remote users execute programs as uid bin and gid root, which can easily lead to root access. | ||||||
CVSS v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||
References: | Source: CCN Type: KSR[T] Security Advisory #004 lpd / printfilter / groff Source: CCN Type: Pulhas Exploit Archive lpd / printfilters/ groff | [27th Oct 1997] Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN linux-lpd(611) | ||||||
Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration CCN 1: Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||
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