CVE-2011-2924

foomatic-rip filter v4.0.12 and prior 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-2011-2924Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924Third Party Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2924Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2924Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-filters/4.0.12-1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://lwn.net/Articles/459979/Third Party Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2924Third Party Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 19, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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