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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201203-07">
+ <title>foomatic-filters: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in foomatic-filters could result in the execution
+ of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">foomatic-filters</product>
+ <announced>2012-03-06</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2012-03-06</revised>
+ <bug>379559</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-print/foomatic-filters" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">4.0.9</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">4.0.9</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>The foomatic-filters package contains wrapper scripts which are designed
+ to be used with Foomatic.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>The foomatic-rip filter improperly handles command-line arguments,
+ including those issued by FoomaticRIPCommandLine fields in PPD files.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PPD
+ file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the system user "lp".
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All foomatic-filters users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=net-print/foomatic-filters-4.0.9"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2697">CVE-2011-2697</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2964">CVE-2011-2964</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-01-29T22:40:52Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-03-06T01:40:15Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>