glsa-201203-07.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201203-07">
  <title>foomatic-filters: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in foomatic-filters could result in the execution
    of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">foomatic-filters</product>
  <announced>2012-03-06</announced>
  <revised count="1">2012-03-06</revised>
  <bug>379559</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-print/foomatic-filters" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.0.9</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">4.0.9</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The foomatic-filters package contains wrapper scripts which are designed
      to be used with Foomatic.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>The foomatic-rip filter improperly handles command-line arguments,
      including those issued by FoomaticRIPCommandLine fields in PPD files.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PPD
      file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the system user "lp".
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All foomatic-filters users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=net-print/foomatic-filters-4.0.9"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2697">CVE-2011-2697</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2964">CVE-2011-2964</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="2012-01-29T22:40:52Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="2012-03-06T01:40:15Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>