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Fedora 15 : hplip-3.11.7-2.fc15 (2011-11189)

low Nessus Plugin ID 56180

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a temporary file vulnerability in the fax support of HPLIP when debugging is enabled. This update adds support for some new printers and fixes several issues.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected hplip package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830

http://www.nessus.org/u?8ebb99a6

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 56180

File Name: fedora_2011-11189.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:15, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:hplip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2722

BID: 48892

FEDORA: 2011-11189