Link Following Affecting foomatic-filters package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-FOOMATICFILTERS-1546390
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed19 Nov 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2011-2923  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 foomatic-filters.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream foomatic-filters package and not the foomatic-filters package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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