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CVE-2013-6402

Published: 5 January 2014

base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hp-pkservice.log temporary file.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
mitigated by symlink restrictions (except in lucid)

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
hplip
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (3.10.2-2ubuntu2.5)
precise
Released (3.12.2-1ubuntu3.4)
quantal
Released (3.12.6-3ubuntu4.3)
raring Ignored
(end of life)
saucy
Released (3.13.9-1ubuntu0.1)
upstream
Released (3.14.1)
Patches:
vendor: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725876
vendor: https://bugs.mageia.org/attachment.cgi?id=4714&action=diff
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu.