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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130050
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0336)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'hplip' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0336 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'hplip' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0336 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated hplip packages fix security vulnerability:

It was reported that the hp-plugin utility, included in the hplip package,
downloads a binary driver and verifies it via a key specified by the key's
short ID. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to generate a key
with the expected short ID and trick a user into downloading a malicious
binary (CVE-2015-0839).

Affected Software/OS:
'hplip' package(s) on Mageia 4, Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0839
BugTraq ID: 74913
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74913
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162442.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162880.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2699-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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