CentOS 5 : hplip / hplip3 (CESA-2011:0154)

high Nessus Plugin ID 53413

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated hplip packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate 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 printers and multifunction peripherals, and tools for installing, using, and configuring them.

A flaw was found in the way certain HPLIP tools discovered devices using the SNMP protocol. If a user ran certain HPLIP tools that search for supported devices using SNMP, and a malicious user is able to send specially crafted SNMP responses, it could cause those HPLIP tools to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running them. (CVE-2010-4267)

Red Hat would like to thank Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team for reporting this issue.

Users of hplip should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected hplip and / or hplip3 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c23f1177

http://www.nessus.org/u?81c54ddf

http://www.nessus.org/u?c43f7bc4

http://www.nessus.org/u?bfd51366

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53413

File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-0154.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/15/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hpijs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hpijs3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip3-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip3-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:hplip3-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsane-hpaio, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsane-hpaio3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4267

RHSA: 2011:0154