system-config-printer content spoofing
Published:		20.11.2011
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		12040
Type:		m-i-t-m
Level:		4/10
Description:		Unsafe conneciton is used to download drivers.

Affected:		SYSTEMCONFIGPRIN : system-config-printer 1.3
CVE:		CVE-2011-4405 (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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UBUNTU, [USN-1265-1] system-config-printer vulnerability (20.11.2011)

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