CVE catalog
CVE-2011-2923
foomatic-filters: CVE-2011-2923
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.40% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | foomatic-filters | sid | 4.0.17-17 | vulnerable |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | forky | 4.0.17-17 | vulnerable |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | trixie | 4.0.17-16 | vulnerable |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | bookworm | 4.0.17-16 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | foomatic-filters | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [foomatic-filters]Affected
Details (2)
4.0.17-16· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · bookworm; dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 12
4.0.17-16· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · bookworm; dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 12
- [foomatic-filters-beh]Affected
Source package: [foomatic-filters]
Details (2)
4.0.17-16· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · bookworm; dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 12
4.0.17-16· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · bookworm; dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [foomatic-filters]Affected
Source package: [foomatic-filters]
Details (2)
4.0.17-16· amd64 · trixieAffected
dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 13
4.0.17-16+b2· arm64 · trixieAffected
dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 13
- [foomatic-filters-beh]Affected
Source package: [foomatic-filters]
Details (2)
4.0.17-16· all · trixieAffected
dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 13
4.0.17-16· all · trixieAffected
dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 13
Observed: