Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61956
Category:	FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:	FreeBSD Ports: hplip
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The following package is affected: hplip CVE-2008-2940 The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message. CVE-2008-2941 The hpssd message parser in hpssd.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process stop) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by sending 'msg=0' to TCP port 2207. Solution: Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2940 1020684 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020684 30683 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30683 31470 http://secunia.com/advisories/31470 31499 http://secunia.com/advisories/31499 32316 http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 32792 http://secunia.com/advisories/32792 MDVSA-2008:169 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169 RHSA-2008:0818 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html SUSE-SR:2008:021 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html USN-674-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-1 USN-674-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2 hplip-alertmailing-privilege-escalation(44441) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44441 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10136 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10136 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2941 1020683 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020683 hplip-hpssd-dos(44440) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44440 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457052 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10636 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10636
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