CVE-2011-2899
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD
pysmb.py in system-config-printer 0.6.x and 0.7.x, as used in foomatic-gui and possibly other products, allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) NetBIOS or (2) workgroup name, which are not properly handled when searching for network printers.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2872)
- Published
- August 31, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2872 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / system-config-printer
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References
- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/foomatic-gui/foomatic/pysmb.py?root=foomatic-gui&r1=1.2&r2=1.3&view=patch(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45744(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1196.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025967
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-gui/+bug/811119(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728348(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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