Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that the HPLIP Polkit daemon incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and higher, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions.
(CVE-2013-6402)
It was discovered that HPLIP contained an upgrade tool that would download code in an unsafe fashion. If a remote attacker were able to perform a man-in-the-middle attack, this flaw could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6427)
Affected
hplip on Ubuntu 13.10 ,
Ubuntu 12.10 ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2013-6402, CVE-2013-6427 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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