DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2924

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2924.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2924
Upstream
Published
2019-11-19T22:15:10.943Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:37.214618Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / foomatic-filters

Package

Name
foomatic-filters
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/foomatic-filters?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2924.json"

Debian:12 / foomatic-filters

Package

Name
foomatic-filters
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/foomatic-filters?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2924.json"

Debian:13 / foomatic-filters

Package

Name
foomatic-filters
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/foomatic-filters?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2924.json"

Debian:14 / foomatic-filters

Package

Name
foomatic-filters
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/foomatic-filters?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0.12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2924.json"