The hp-plugin utility in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of a short GPG key id from a keyserver to verify print plugin downloads.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The hp-plugin utility in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) makes it easier for man-in-the-middle     attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of a short GPG key id from a keyserver to verify     print plugin downloads. (CVE-2015-0839)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

CVE-2015-0839

The hplip plugin download function verifies the driver using a short-key. This is not secure because it is trivial to generate keys with arbitrary key IDs.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.12.6-3.1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your hplip packages.

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

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2699-1 advisory.

    Enrico Zini discovered that HPLIP used a short GPG key ID when downloading keys from the keyserver. An     attacker could possibly use this to return a different key with a duplicate short key id and perform a     machine-in-the-middle attack on printer plugin installations.

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

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

fixes CVE-2015-0839

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.

New upstream bug-fix release, which fixes CVE-2015-0839

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
218432	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-0839	Nessus	Misc.	high
96191	Debian DLA-775-1 : hplip security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
85157	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : HPLIP vulnerability (USN-2699-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
85095	Fedora 21 : hplip-3.14.10-9.fc21 (2015-11916)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
85063	Fedora 22 : hplip-3.15.7-1.fc22 (2015-11723)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2015-0839

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Tenable Plugins

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