HPLIP hpssd daemon command execution
| hplip-hpssd-command-execution (37183) |  High Risk |
Description:
HPLIP could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the hpssd daemon. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted data in a popen3() call containing shell metacharacters to inject and execute shell commands on the system with root privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.2 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Refer to vendor advisory for upgrade or patch information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- HPLIP Web site: HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP).
- BID-26054: HP Linux Imaging and Printing System HSSPD.PY Daemon Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5208: hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from address, which is not properly handled when invoking sendmail.
- DSA-1462: hplip -- missing input sanitising
- GLSA-200710-26: HPLIP: Privilege escalation
- MDKSA-2007:201: Updated hplip packages fix vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2007-0960: Important: hplip security update
- SA27202: HPLIP hpssd Command Injection Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1018806: HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) Lets Remote Users Inject Arbitrary Commands
- SUSE-SR:2007:021: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-530-1: hplip vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3479: HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Command Injection Vulnerbility
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.04
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo Linux
- HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP) HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP) 2.7.9 and prior
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- SUSE SuSE Linux 10.0
- SUSE SuSE Linux 10.1
Reported:
Oct 11, 2007
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