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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2011-4405

CVE-2011-4405

Description

The cupshelpers scripts in system-config-printer in Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10, as used by the automatic printer driver download service, uses an "insecure connection" for queries to the OpenPrinting database, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack that modifies packages or repositories.

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Affected products

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  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/System Config Printerllm-fuzzy
    Range: as shipped with Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10

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