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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60177
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1462-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'hplip' package(s) announced via the DSA-1462-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'hplip' package(s) announced via the DSA-1462-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Kees Cook discovered that the hpssd tool of the HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP) performs insufficient input sanitising of shell meta characters, which may result in local privilege escalation to the hplip user.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.10-3etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.10-4.3.

We recommend that you upgrade your hplip packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'hplip' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-5208
BugTraq ID: 26054
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26054
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
https://launchpad.net/bugs/149121
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10692
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0960.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018806
http://secunia.com/advisories/27202
http://secunia.com/advisories/27221
http://secunia.com/advisories/27224
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
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:021 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/530-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3479
XForce ISS Database: hplip-hpssd-command-execution(37183)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37183
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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