CVE-2011-2923

Name	CVE-2011-2923
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
foomatic-filters (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	4.0.17-5+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch	4.0.17-9	vulnerable
	buster	4.0.17-11	vulnerable
	bullseye	4.0.17-12	vulnerable
	sid, trixie, bookworm	4.0.17-16	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
foomatic-filters	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

debug mode-only