VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-2722
The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.
LOW 1.2EPSS 0.44%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.2 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- hp/linux imaging and printing project
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0133.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48441
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55083
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-17.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/14
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1981-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/809904
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704608
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=515866&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830
- http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0133.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48441
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55083
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-17.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/14
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1981-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/809904
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704608
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=515866&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.