gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/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>