system-config-printer — security advisory
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.
- Products
- system-config-printer
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.3.7-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-4405
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4405
system-config-printer
Fixed versions: 1.3.7-1
system-config-printer
Fixed versions: 1.3.7-1
system-config-printer
Fixed versions: 1.3.7-1
Complete source record
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