A vulnerability in foomatic-filters could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Package | net-print/foomatic-filters on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 4.0.9 |
Unaffected versions | >= 4.0.9 |
The foomatic-filters package contains wrapper scripts which are designed to be used with Foomatic.
The foomatic-rip filter improperly handles command-line arguments, including those issued by FoomaticRIPCommandLine fields in PPD files.
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".
There is no known workaround at this time.
All foomatic-filters users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-print/foomatic-filters-4.0.9"
Release date
March 06, 2012
Latest revision
March 06, 2012: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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