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FreeBSD Ports: hplip
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: hplip 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. 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.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31470 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/37940643-be1b-11dd-a578-0030843d3802.html