Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 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
3cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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