7.6 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.223 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.5%
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.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1462. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(29939);
script_version("1.15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5208");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1462");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1462-1 : hplip - missing input sanitising");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"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."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1462"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the hplip packages.
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."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'HPLIP hpssd.py From Address Arbitrary Command Execution');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'D2ExploitPack');
script_cwe_id(20);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hplip");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/01/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/01/14");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"hpijs", reference:"2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"hpijs-ppds", reference:"2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"hplip", reference:"1.6.10-3etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"hplip-data", reference:"1.6.10-3etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"hplip-dbg", reference:"1.6.10-3etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"hplip-doc", reference:"1.6.10-3etch1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | hplip | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hplip |
debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0 |