CVE-2011-4405 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2011-4405?

CVE-2011-4405 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Nov 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4405?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4405?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2011-4405 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4405 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4405, GHSA-hjc8-mc2g-pvm8, openSUSE-SU-2024:10276-1.