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CVE-2011-4405

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 11.04, 11.10

References

• http://osvdb.org/77214
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46909
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50721
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1265-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71394
• http://osvdb.org/77214
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46909
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50721
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1265-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71394

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