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mageiaGentoo FoundationMGASA-2014-0033
HistoryFeb 05, 2014 - 7:27 p.m.

Updated hplip package fixes security vulnerabilities

2014-02-0519:27:44
Gentoo Foundation
advisories.mageia.org
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6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.4%

It was discovered that the HPLIP Polkit daemon incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2013-6402) It was discovered that HPLIP contained an upgrade tool that would download code in an unsafe fashion. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6427) Additionnally, this update should fix issues regarding wireless connection to printer hplip after 3.12.9 and prior to version 3.12.11 had issues with setting up wireless connection to printers due to internal code changes which had not been applied consistently.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Mageia3noarchhplip< 3.12.9-6.3hplip-3.12.9-6.3.mga3

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.4%