DSA-1462-1 hplip -- missing input sanitising

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 1.6.10-3etch4.

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_1.6.10-3etch4.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_1.6.10-3etch4.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs-ppds_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-data_1.6.10-3etch4_all.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-doc_1.6.10-3etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip_1.6.10-3etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hpijs_2.6.10+1.6.10-3etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hplip/hplip-dbg_1.6.10-3etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.