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CVE-2011-2923 json

foomatic-rip filter, all versions, used insecurely creates temporary files for storage of PostScript data by rendering the data when the de…

published 2019-11-19 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2896

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2923 updated cvss 1.9

foomatic: foomatic-rip (debug mode) insecure temporary file use in renderer command line by processing PostScript data

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 foomatic Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 foomatic Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 foomatic
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • foomatic-filters foomatic-filters

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.