Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61400
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2008:0818
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2008:0818. The hplip (Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing) packages provide drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers and multifunction peripherals. A flaw was discovered in the hplip alert-mailing functionality. A local attacker could elevate their privileges by using specially-crafted packets to trigger alert mails, which are sent by the root account. (CVE-2008-2940) A flaw was discovered in the hpssd message parser. By sending specially-crafted packets, a local attacker could cause a denial of service, stopping the hpssd process. (CVE-2008-2941) Users of hplip should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.2
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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