CVE-2011-4405

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-11-16
Bugzilla:
758374: CVE-2011-4405 system-config-printer: possible MITM due to use of insecure connections

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2011-4405 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of system-config-printer as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, or 6 as they did not include support for installing driver packages from the OpenPrinting database, only PPDs (with user consent).

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 system-config-printer Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 system-config-printer Not affected

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