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Ubuntu 6.10 / 7.04 : hplip vulnerability (USN-530-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 28135

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that the hpssd tool of hplip did not correctly handle shell meta-characters. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as the hplip user.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/530-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28135

File Name: ubuntu_USN-530-1.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hpijs-ppds, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hplip, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hplip-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hplip-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hplip-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2007

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Core Impact

Metasploit (HPLIP hpssd.py From Address Arbitrary Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5208

BID: 26054

CWE: 20

USN: 530-1