CVE-2011-2923

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.

• CWE-59

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2923Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2923Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2923Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 19, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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