CVE-2011-2899
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.1
Description
pysmb.py in system-config-printer 0.6.x and 0.7.x, as used in foomatic-gui and possibly other products, allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) NetBIOS or (2) workgroup name, which are not properly handled when searching for network printers.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Application impact
References
- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/foomatic-gui/foomatic/pysmb.py?root=foomatic-gui&r1=1.2&r2=1.3&view=patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45744
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1196.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025967
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-gui/+bug/811119
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728348
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2899
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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