HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) alert-mailing privilege escalation
| hplip-alertmailing-privilege-escalation (44441) |  High Risk |
Description:
HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error in the alert-mailing functionality. By sending a specially-crafted packet that triggers alert mails to be sent from the root account, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code 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:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- HPLIP Web page: HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP).
- Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 455235: CVE-2008-2940 hpssd of hplip allows unprivileged user to trigger alert mail.
- BID-30683: HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-2940: The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message.
- MDVSA-2008:169: hplip
- RHSA-2008-0818: Moderate: hplip security update
- SA31470: HPLIP hpssd Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1020684: HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) Alert Mailing Function Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
- 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 12, 2008
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