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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842397
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2699-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'hplip' package(s) announced via the USN-2699-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'hplip' package(s) announced via the USN-2699-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Enrico Zini discovered that HPLIP used a short GPG key ID when downloading
keys from the keyserver. An attacker could possibly use this to return a
different key with a duplicate short key id and perform a machine-in-the-middle
attack on printer plugin installations.

Affected Software/OS:
'hplip' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04.

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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