Vulnerability CVE-2011-2923

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2011-2923 (CCN-172511)

Assigned:

2011-07-28

Published:

2011-07-28

Updated:

2020-08-18

Summary:

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 v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
3.5 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

3.3 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-59

Vulnerability Consequences:

File Manipulation

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2011-2923

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 726426
(CVE-2011-2923, CVE-2011-2924) - CVE-2011-2923 CVE-2011-2924 foomatic: foomatic-rip (debug mode) insecure temporary file use in renderer command line by processing PostScript data

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
foomaticrip-cve20112923-symlink(172511)

Source: CCN
Type: foomatic-filters Web site
foomatic-filters

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2011-2923

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20112923000	V	CVE-2011-2923 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2011-10-06
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20112923000	V	CVE-2011-2923 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2011-10-06

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