Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1194-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that the foomatic-rip Foomatic filter incorrectly handled command-line options. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Foomatic to execute arbitrary code as the "
lp"
user.
In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the CUPS AppArmor profile.
Affected
foomatic-filters on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-2697, CVE-2011-2964 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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