Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1462-1 hplip -- missing input sanitising
- Date Reported:
- 13 Jan 2008
- Affected Packages:
- hplip
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-5208.
- More information:
-
Kees Cook discovered that the hpssd tool of the HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP) performs insufficient input sanitising of shell meta characters, which may result in local privilege escalation to the hplip user.
The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.10-3etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.10-4.3.
We recommend that you upgrade your hplip packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs-ppds_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-data_1.6.10-3etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-doc_1.6.10-3etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-data_1.6.10-3etch1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.