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CVE-2011-2899

N/A

Published: August 31, 2011 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSystem Config Printer

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

System Config Printer · Red Hat

95%

0.6.0 0.6.1 0.6.10 0.6.100 0.6.101 0.6.102 0.6.103 0.6.104 0.6.105 0.6.106 0.6.107 0.6.108 0.6.109 0.6.11 0.6.110 0.6.111 0.6.112 0.6.113 0.6.114 0.6.115 0.6.116 0.6.12 0.6.13 0.6.14 0.6.15 0.6.16 0.6.17 0.6.18 0.6.19 0.6.2 0.6.20 0.6.21 0.6.22 0.6.23 0.6.24 0.6.25 0.6.26 0.6.27 0.6.28 0.6.29 0.6.3 0.6.30 0.6.31 0.6.32 0.6.33 0.6.34 0.6.35 0.6.36 0.6.37 0.6.38 0.6.39 0.6.4 0.6.40 0.6.41 0.6.42 0.6.43 0.6.44 0.6.45 0.6.46 0.6.47 0.6.48 0.6.49 0.6.5 0.6.50 0.6.51 0.6.52 0.6.53 0.6.54 0.6.55 0.6.56 0.6.57 0.6.58 0.6.59 0.6.6 0.6.60 0.6.61 0.6.62 0.6.63 0.6.64 0.6.65 0.6.66 0.6.67 0.6.68 0.6.69 0.6.7 0.6.70 0.6.71 0.6.72 0.6.73 0.6.74 0.6.75 0.6.76 0.6.77 0.6.78 0.6.79 0.6.8 0.6.80 0.6.81 0.6.82 0.6.83 0.6.84 0.6.85 0.6.86 0.6.87 0.6.88 0.6.89 0.6.9 0.6.90 0.6.91 0.6.92 0.6.93 0.6.94 0.6.95 0.6.96 0.6.97 0.6.98 0.6.99 0.7.32.10 0.7.32.6 0.7.32.7 0.7.32.8 0.7.32.9 0.7.60 0.7.61 0.7.62 0.7.63 0.7.63.1 0.7.63.2 0.7.63.3 0.7.63.4 0.7.64 0.7.65 0.7.66 0.7.67 0.7.68 0.7.69 0.7.70 0.7.71 0.7.72 0.7.73 0.7.74 0.7.74.1 0.7.74.10 0.7.74.11 0.7.74.12 0.7.74.13 0.7.74.2 0.7.74.3 0.7.74.4 0.7.74.5 0.7.74.6 0.7.74.7 0.7.74.8 0.7.74.9 0.7.75 0.7.76 0.7.77 0.7.78 0.7.79 0.7.80 0.7.81 0.7.82 0.7.82.1 0.7.82.2 0.7.82.3 0.7.82.4 0.7.82.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

x_refsource_MISCPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/foomatic-gui/foomatic/pysmb.py?root=foomatic-gui&r1=1.2&r2=1.3&view=patch

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/45744

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1196.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025967

x_refsource_MISCPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-gui/+bug/811119

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728348

CVSS

5.1MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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