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Debian DSA-2152-1 : hplip - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 51817

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the SNMP discovery code of the HP Linux Printing and Imaging System, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the hplip packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.6.b-4+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610960

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2152

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 51817

File Name: debian_DSA-2152.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hplip, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4267

BID: 45833

DSA: 2152