CVE catalog
CVE-2011-2924
foomatic-filters: CVE-2011-2924
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.43% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
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 | fixed |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | forky | 4.0.17-17 | fixed |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | trixie | 4.0.17-16 | fixed |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | bookworm | 4.0.17-16 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | foomatic-filters | source | sid | 4.0.12-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | source | forky | 4.0.12-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | source | trixie | 4.0.12-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | foomatic-filters | source | bookworm | 4.0.12-1 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [foomatic-filters]Fixed
Details (2)
4.0.17-16· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0.12-1dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · bookworm; dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 12
4.0.17-16· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0.12-1dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · bookworm; dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 12
- [foomatic-filters-beh]Fixed
Source package: [foomatic-filters]
Details (2)
4.0.17-16· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0.12-1dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · bookworm; dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 12
4.0.17-16· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0.12-1dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · bookworm; dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [foomatic-filters]Fixed
Source package: [foomatic-filters]
Details (2)
4.0.17-16· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0.12-1dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 13
4.0.17-16+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0.12-1dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 13
- [foomatic-filters-beh]Fixed
Source package: [foomatic-filters]
Details (2)
4.0.17-16· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0.12-1dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 13
4.0.17-16· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0.12-1dsa · foomatic-filters · debian · 13
Observed: