Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-2924
CVE-2011-2924
Description
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.
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Affected products
8- cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:foomatic-filters:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=4.0.12
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=4.0.12
- foomatic-filters/foomatic-filtersv5Range: 4.0.12 and prior
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References
6- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- lwn.net/Articles/459979/nvdThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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