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CVE-2013-6427

Published: 9 December 2013

upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by gaining control over the client-server data stream.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
Precise and earlier don't have the upgrade.py file.
In Quantal, Raring, Saucy and Trusty, upgrade.py actually bails
out because the specific ubuntu version isn't marked as
"supported" in distros.dat, so even if this script is run as
root, it doesn't do anything, thankfully.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
hplip
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
quantal
Released (3.12.6-3ubuntu4.3)
raring Ignored
(end of life)
saucy
Released (3.13.9-1ubuntu0.1)
upstream Needed