medium
5.1
CWE
20
Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2011-2899: Input Validation

First published: Thu Aug 04 2011(Updated: )

It was reported [1] that pysmb.py in system-config-printer does not sanitize a host's netbios name or workgroup/domain name. A specially crafted netbios name on the local network could cause pysmb.py to execute arbitrary commands based on the hostname. This was originally reported in Ubuntu against foomatic-gui, and has been patched [2], however the origin of the script in foomatic-gui is in the system-config-printer package. If a remote SMB server on the local network had a crafted hostname and a user ran pysmb.py, it would be possible for shell commands to be executed with the privileges of the user running pysmb.py. The pysmb.py script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 does not use os.popen(). [1] <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-gui/+bug/811119">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-gui/+bug/811119</a> [2] <a href="http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/foomatic-gui/foomatic/pysmb.py?root=foomatic-gui&amp;r1=1.2&amp;r2=1.3&amp;view=patch">http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/foomatic-gui/foomatic/pysmb.py?root=foomatic-gui&amp;r1=1.2&amp;r2=1.3&amp;view=patch</a>

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.82.4
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.65
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.79
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.78
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.11
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.32.10
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.82.3
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.82
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.62
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.82.1
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.76
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.80
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.75
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.12
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.60
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.73
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.63.3
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.4
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.82.5
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.2
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.1
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.7
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.61
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.32.6
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.72
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.64
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.5
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.6
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.67
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.66
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.32.9
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.8
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.81
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.63.4
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.10
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.3
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.69
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.13
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.32.8
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.32.7
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.82.2
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.63
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.68
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.71
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74.9
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.70
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.63.2
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.63.1
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.74
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.7.77
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.37
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.4
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.32
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.23
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.38
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.29
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.103
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.19
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.106
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.82
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.27
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.75
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.87
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.102
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.85
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.10
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.68
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.101
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.65
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.47
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.20
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.110
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.13
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.81
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.45
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.36
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.17
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.2
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.104
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.63
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.113
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.51
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.83
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.62
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.25
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.35
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.98
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.21
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.31
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.54
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.49
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.8
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.40
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.9
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.53
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.41
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.116
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.95
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.46
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.73
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.0
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.42
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.70
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.107
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.89
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.93
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.80
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.59
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.24
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.39
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.76
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.84
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.86
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.109
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.57
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.26
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.12
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.15
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.66
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.3
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.111
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.90
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.18
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.100
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.16
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.56
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.72
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.79
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.50
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.105
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.77
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.99
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.34
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.108
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.52
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.92
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.78
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.96
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.58
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.115
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.67
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.60
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.69
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.5
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.48
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.33
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.94
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.30
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.74
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.114
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.112
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.7
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.28
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.44
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.14
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.6
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.22
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.97
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.1
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.71
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.61
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.64
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.55
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.91
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.88
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.11
Red Hat system-config-printer=0.6.43

Remedy

http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/foomatic-gui/foomatic/pysmb.py?root=foomatic-gui&r1=1.2&r2=1.3&view=patch

Remedy

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-gui/+bug/811119

Remedy

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728348

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