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USN-708-1: HPLIP vulnerability

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USN-708-1: HPLIP vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/15/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

hplip.postinst in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 2.7.7 and 2.8.2 on Ubuntu allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via unspecified manipulations in advance of an HPLIP installation or upgrade by an administrator, related to the product's attempt to correct the ownership of its configuration files within home directories.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-hplip

References

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