Issued:

2013-01-08

Updated:

2013-01-08

RHSA-2013:0133 - Low: hplip3 security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Low: hplip3 security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Low

Topic

Updated hplip3 packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) provides drivers for Hewlett-Packard (HP) printers and multifunction peripherals.

It was found that the HP CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) fax filter in HPLIP created a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting arbitrary files accessible to a process using the fax filter (such as the hp3-sendfax tool). (CVE-2011-2722)

This update also fixes the following bug:

• Previous modifications of the hplip3 package to allow it to be installed alongside the original hplip package introduced several problems to fax support; for example, the hp-sendfax utility could become unresponsive. These problems have been fixed with this update. (BZ#501834)

All users of hplip3 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• hplip3-common-3.9.8-15.el5.i386.rpm
• hplip3-3.9.8-15.el5.src.rpm
• hpijs3-3.9.8-15.el5.i386.rpm
• libsane-hpaio3-3.9.8-15.el5.i386.rpm
• hplip3-libs-3.9.8-15.el5.ppc.rpm
• hplip3-libs-3.9.8-15.el5.ia64.rpm
• hplip3-gui-3.9.8-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
• hplip3-3.9.8-15.el5.i386.rpm
• hplip3-3.9.8-15.el5.ia64.rpm
• hplip3-libs-3.9.8-15.el5.i386.rpm
• hplip3-gui-3.9.8-15.el5.ia64.rpm
• hplip3-common-3.9.8-15.el5.ia64.rpm
• hplip3-3.9.8-15.el5.ppc.rpm
• hpijs3-3.9.8-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
• hpijs3-3.9.8-15.el5.ppc.rpm
• libsane-hpaio3-3.9.8-15.el5.ppc.rpm
• hplip3-debuginfo-3.9.8-15.el5.ppc.rpm
• hplip3-common-3.9.8-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
• hplip3-3.9.8-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
• hplip3-common-3.9.8-15.el5.ppc.rpm
• hplip3-gui-3.9.8-15.el5.ppc.rpm
• hplip3-gui-3.9.8-15.el5.i386.rpm
• hplip3-debuginfo-3.9.8-15.el5.ia64.rpm
• hpijs3-3.9.8-15.el5.ia64.rpm
• hplip3-libs-3.9.8-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
• hplip3-debuginfo-3.9.8-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
• libsane-hpaio3-3.9.8-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
• hplip3-debuginfo-3.9.8-15.el5.i386.rpm
• libsane-hpaio3-3.9.8-15.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 501834
• This content is not included.BZ - 725830

CVEs

• CVE-2011-2722

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Additional information

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