ubuntu · CVE-2011-2923

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Priority: low Published: 2019-11-19 21:15:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 20:15:05 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2011-2923 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (foomatic-filters), 13 status rows across 13 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): ignored 11, DNE 1, needs-triage 1.

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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