Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : HPLIP vulnerability (USN-2699-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85157

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Enrico Zini discovered that HPLIP used a short GPG key ID when downloading keys from the keyserver. An attacker could possibly use this to return a different key with a duplicate short key id and perform a man-in-the-middle attack on printer plugin installations.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2699-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85157

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2699-1.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2015

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0839

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hplip-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hplip-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhpmud-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libhpmud0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsane-hpaio, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:printer-driver-hpcups, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:printer-driver-hpijs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:printer-driver-postscript-hp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hpijs-ppds, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:hplip

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0839

USN: 2699-1