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Oracle Linux 5 : hplip (ELSA-2008-0818)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67736

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0818 advisory.

 [1.6.7-4.1.el5_2.4]
 - Applied patch to make hpssd message parser more robust (bug #457052).
 - Applied patches to fix insecure alert emails (bug #455235).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2008-0818.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67736

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0818.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2940

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2941

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsane-hpaio, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:hplip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2940, CVE-2008-2941

BID: 30683

RHSA: 2008:0818