HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) hpssd denial of service
| hplip-hpssd-dos (44440) |  Low Risk |
Description:
HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the hpssd message parser. By sending specially-crafted packets to port 2207/TCP, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to stop the hpssd process.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.1 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 1.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- HPLIP Web page: HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP).
- Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 457052: CVE-2008-2941 hplip hpssd.py Denial-Of-Service parsing vulnerability.
- BID-30683: HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-2941: The hpssd message parser in hpssd.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process stop) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by sending msg=0 to TCP port 2207.
- MDVSA-2008:169: hplip
- RHSA-2008-0818: Moderate: hplip security update
- SA31470: HPLIP hpssd Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1020683: HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) Bug in hpssd Message Parser Lets Local Users Deny Service
- SUSE-SR:2008:021: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-674-1: HPLIP vulnerabilities
- USN-674-2: HPLIP vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP) HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project (HPLIP)
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
Reported:
Aug 13, 2008
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