The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.

It was discovered that HPLIP incorrectly handled temporary files when using the fax capabilities. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2011-2722)

Tim Waugh discovered that HPLIP incorrectly handled temporary files when printing. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2013-0200).

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

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2013:0500 :

Updated hplip packages that fix several security issues, multiple bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The hplip packages contain the Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP), which provides drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers and multi-function peripherals.

Several temporary file handling flaws were found in HPLIP. A local attacker could use these flaws to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting arbitrary files accessible to a process using HPLIP.
(CVE-2013-0200, CVE-2011-2722)

The CVE-2013-0200 issues were discovered by Tim Waugh of Red Hat.

The hplip packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.12.4, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#731900)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* Previously, the hpijs package required the obsolete cupsddk-drivers package, which was provided by the cups package. Under certain circumstances, this dependency caused hpijs installation to fail. This bug has been fixed and hpijs no longer requires cupsddk-drivers.
(BZ#829453)

* The configuration of the Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) back end is located in the /etc/sane.d/dll.d/ directory, however, the hp-check utility checked only the /etc/sane.d/dll.conf file. Consequently, hp-check checked for correct installation, but incorrectly reported a problem with the way the SANE back end was installed. With this update, hp-check properly checks for installation problems in both locations as expected. (BZ#683007)

All users of hplip are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2013:0133 :

Updated hplip3 packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) provides drivers for Hewlett-Packard (HP) printers and multifunction peripherals.

It was found that the HP CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) fax filter in HPLIP created a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting arbitrary files accessible to a process using the fax filter (such as the hp3-sendfax tool). (CVE-2011-2722)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Previous modifications of the hplip3 package to allow it to be installed alongside the original hplip package introduced several problems to fax support; for example, the hp-sendfax utility could become unresponsive. These problems have been fixed with this update.
(BZ#501834)

All users of hplip3 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Updated hplip packages that fix several security issues, multiple bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The hplip packages contain the Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP), which provides drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers and multi-function peripherals.

Several temporary file handling flaws were found in HPLIP. A local attacker could use these flaws to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting arbitrary files accessible to a process using HPLIP.
(CVE-2013-0200, CVE-2011-2722)

The CVE-2013-0200 issues were discovered by Tim Waugh of Red Hat.

The hplip packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.12.4, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#731900)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* Previously, the hpijs package required the obsolete cupsddk-drivers package, which was provided by the cups package. Under certain circumstances, this dependency caused hpijs installation to fail. This bug has been fixed and hpijs no longer requires cupsddk-drivers.
(BZ#829453)

* The configuration of the Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) back end is located in the /etc/sane.d/dll.d/ directory, however, the hp-check utility checked only the /etc/sane.d/dll.conf file. Consequently, hp-check checked for correct installation, but incorrectly reported a problem with the way the SANE back end was installed. With this update, hp-check properly checks for installation problems in both locations as expected. (BZ#683007)

All users of hplip are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues and add these enhancements.

Several temporary file handling flaws were found in HPLIP. A local attacker could use these flaws to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting arbitrary files accessible to a process using HPLIP.
(CVE-2013-0200, CVE-2011-2722)

The hplip packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.12.4, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  - Previously, the hpijs package required the obsolete     cupsddk-drivers package, which was provided by the cups     package. Under certain circumstances, this dependency     caused hpijs installation to fail. This bug has been     fixed and hpijs no longer requires cupsddk-drivers.

  - The configuration of the Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE)     back end is located in the /etc/sane.d/dll.d/ directory,     however, the hp-check utility checked only the     /etc/sane.d/dll.conf file. Consequently, hp-check     checked for correct installation, but incorrectly     reported a problem with the way the SANE back end was     installed. With this update, hp-check properly checks     for installation problems in both locations as expected.

It was found that the HP CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) fax filter in HPLIP created a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting arbitrary files accessible to a process using the fax filter (such as the hp3-sendfax tool). (CVE-2011-2722)

This update also fixes the following bug :

  - Previous modifications of the hplip3 package to allow it     to be installed alongside the original hplip package     introduced several problems to fax support; for example,     the hp-sendfax utility could become unresponsive. These     problems have been fixed with this update.

Updated hplip3 packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) provides drivers for Hewlett-Packard (HP) printers and multifunction peripherals.

It was found that the HP CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) fax filter in HPLIP created a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting arbitrary files accessible to a process using the fax filter (such as the hp3-sendfax tool). (CVE-2011-2722)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Previous modifications of the hplip3 package to allow it to be installed alongside the original hplip package introduced several problems to fax support; for example, the hp-sendfax utility could become unresponsive. These problems have been fixed with this update.
(BZ#501834)

All users of hplip3 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201203-17 (HPLIP: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Two vulnerabilities have been found in HPLIP:
      The 'hpmud_get_pml()' function in pml.c contains a boundary error         which could cause a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2010-4267).
      The 'send_data_to_stdout()' function in hpcupsfax.cpp creates         insecure temporary files (CVE-2011-2722).
  Impact :

    A remote attacker might send specially crafted SNMP reponses, possibly       resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service       condition. Furthermore, a local attacker could perform symlink attacks to       overwrite arbitrary files.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

This update provides an update of hplip to version 3.11.10 :

  - Fixed insecure tmp file handling in hpcupsfax.cpp     CVE-2011-2722 see     https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/809904.
    (bnc#704608)

  - New tech classes for HP OfficeJet Pro 8100, HP Deskjet     3070 B611 series and HP Photosmart 7510 e-All-in-One.

  - Added new subtech class for HP Photosmart 6510     e-All-in-one.

  - Modified the error message which was displayed in case     of missing .asc file for manual plug-in install.

  - Several more supported printers and all-in-one devices.

  - Several bug fixies. For details see     http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html

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.

This update fixes a temporary file vulnerability in the fax support of HPLIP when debugging is enabled.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
70256	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : hplip vulnerabilities (USN-1981-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	low
68741	Oracle Linux 6 : hplip (ELSA-2013-0500)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	low
68704	Oracle Linux 5 : hplip3 (ELSA-2013-0133)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	low
65136	CentOS 6 : hplip (CESA-2013:0500)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	low
65011	Scientific Linux Security Update : hplip on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130221)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	low
64752	RHEL 6 : hplip (RHSA-2013:0500)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	low
63596	Scientific Linux Security Update : hplip3 on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20130108)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	low
63578	CentOS 5 : hplip3 (CESA-2013:0133)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	low
63414	RHEL 5 : hplip3 (RHSA-2013:0133)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	low
58382	GLSA-201203-17 : HPLIP: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
57107	SuSE 11.1 Security Update : hplip (SAT Patch Number 5307)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	low
56180	Fedora 15 : hplip-3.11.7-2.fc15 (2011-11189)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
56147	Fedora 14 : hplip-3.11.7-2.fc14 (2011-11199)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
56012	Fedora 16 : hplip-3.11.7-2.fc16 (2011-11116)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low

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