HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

BID:30683

Info

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 30683
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-2940
CVE-2008-2941
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 12 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:51AM
Credit: Marc Schoenefeld
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
SuSE openSUSE 10.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
rPath rPath Linux 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Hewlett Packard HPLIP 1.6.7
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (HPLIP) is prone to multiple vulnerabilities, including privilege-escalation and denial-of-service issues.

Exploiting the privilege-escalation vulnerability may allow attackers to perform certain actions with elevated privileges. Successful exploits of the denial-of-service issue will cause the 'hpssd' process to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

These issues affect HPLIP 1.6.7; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Attackers can use readily available tools to exploit these issues.

Solution / Fix

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 powerpc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 sparc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.1 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 amd64

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System Privilege Escalation And Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities

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