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RHEL 5 : hplip (RHSA-2007:0960)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27036

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An updated hplip package to correct a security flaw is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The hplip (Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project) package provides drivers for HP printers and multi-function peripherals.

Kees Cook discovered a flaw in the way the hplip hpssd daemon handled user input. A local attacker could send a specially crafted request to the hpssd daemon, possibly allowing them to run arbitrary commands as the root user. (CVE-2007-5208). On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the SELinux targeted policy for hpssd which is enabled by default, blocks the ability to exploit this issue to run arbitrary code.

Users of hplip are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected hpijs, hplip and / or libsane-hpaio packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-5208

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0960

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27036

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0960.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsane-hpaio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:hplip

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2007

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Core Impact

Metasploit (HPLIP hpssd.py From Address Arbitrary Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5208

BID: 26054

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2007:0960