CVE-2011-2722

Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.

Affected products

HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project: through 3.11.5; 3.9.2, 3.9.4, 3.9.4b, 3.9.6, 3.9.8, 3.9.10 (+9)

References

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0133.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48441
http://secunia.com/advisories/55083
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-17.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/14
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1981-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/809904
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704608
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=515866&action=diff
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html

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