Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59218
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-530-1 (hplip)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-530-1 (hplip)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to hplip announced via advisory USN-530-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: It was discovered that the hpssd tool of hplip did not correctly handle shell meta-characters. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as the hplip user. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.10: hplip 1.6.9-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 7.04: hplip 1.7.3-0ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to affect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-530-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-5208 https://launchpad.net/bugs/149121 Debian Security Information: DSA-1462 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1462 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00200.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-26.xml http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:201 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0960.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:021 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-530-1 BugTraq ID: 26054 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26054 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10692 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3479 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018806 http://secunia.com/advisories/27202 http://secunia.com/advisories/27224 http://secunia.com/advisories/27221 http://secunia.com/advisories/27232 http://secunia.com/advisories/27271 http://secunia.com/advisories/27332 http://secunia.com/advisories/27397 http://secunia.com/advisories/28453 XForce ISS Database: hplip-hpssd-command-execution(37183) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/37183
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