CVE-2011-4405
The cupshelpers scripts in system-config-printer in Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10, as used by the automatic printer driver download service, uses an "insecure connection" for queries to the OpenPrinting database, which allows remote attackers to execute…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The cupshelpers scripts in system-config-printer in Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10, as used by the automatic printer driver download service, uses an "insecure connection" for queries to the OpenPrinting database, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack that modifies packages or repositories.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.45% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://osvdb.org/77214
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46909Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50721
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1265-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71394
- http://osvdb.org/77214
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46909Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50721
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1265-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71394
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.