Ubuntu Security Notice USN-530-1
12th October, 2007
hplip vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
Software description
- hplip
Details
It was discovered that the hpssd tool of hplip did not correctly handle
shell meta-characters. A local attacker could exploit this to execute
arbitrary commands as the hplip user.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- hplip 1.7.3-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- hplip 1.6.9-0ubuntu2.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.