Vulnerability CVE-2011-2924

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2011-2924 (CCN-172510)

Assigned:

2011-07-28

Published:

2011-07-28

Updated:

2020-08-18

Summary:

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.

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-2011-2924

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924

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.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
foomaticrip-cve20112924-symlink(172510)

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

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2011-2924

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 4.0.12)

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3:

cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20112924000	V	CVE-2011-2924 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.	2011-10-06
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20112924000	V	CVE-2011-2924 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2011-10-06

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