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Posted on 15 July 2011
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TITLE:
Foomatic foomatic-filters "foomatic-rip" Command Injection
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45196
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-07-15
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Foomatic foomatic-filters, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the foomatic-rip utility allowing
users to specify a malicious PPD file, which can be exploited to
inject and execute arbitrary commands.
The vulnerability is reported in version 4.0.6. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to trusted users only.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sebastian Krahmer
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