Scientific Linux Security Update : hplip on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130221)

low Nessus Plugin ID 65011

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Synopsis

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

Description

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 65011

File Name: sl_20130221_hplip_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hplip-common, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hplip-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hplip-gui, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hplip-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsane-hpaio, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2722, CVE-2013-0200

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