CVE-2011-2722

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=515866&action=diff

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704608

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/809904

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1981-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/14

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-17.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/55083

http://secunia.com/advisories/48441

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0133.html

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3