CVE-2011-4405 (GCVE-0-2011-4405)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-11-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/46909 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50721 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/77214 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1265-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2011-11-17 00:00
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