Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-2923

Description

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.

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Affected products

Linux Foundation/Foomatic Filters
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Foomatic/foomatic-ripllm-fuzzy
Range: all versions
foomatic-filters/foomatic-filtersv5
Range: all versions

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923nvdThird Party Advisory

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