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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2011-11-29T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:18.351Z

Reserved: 2011-11-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4405

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-11-29T17:55:02.387

Modified: 2017-08-29T01:30:29.740

Link: CVE-2011-4405

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4405 - Bugzilla