CVE-2011-2684 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on insecure temporary files in the foo2zjs printer driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-2684?
CVE-2011-2684 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2684?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rkkda Foo2zjs.
How do I fix CVE-2011-2684?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2011-2684 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2684 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2684, GHSA-grv5-4xr2-q4p5.