Ubuntu Security Notice 1981-1 - It was discovered that HPLIP incorrectly handled temporary files when using the fax capabilities. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Tim Waugh discovered that HPLIP incorrectly handled temporary files when printing. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Red Hat Security Advisory 2013-0500-02 - The hplip packages contain the Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project, which provides drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers and multi-function peripherals. Several temporary file handling flaws were found in HPLIP. A local attacker could use these flaws to perform a symbolic link attack, overwriting arbitrary files accessible to a process using HPLIP. The CVE-2013-0200 issues were discovered by Tim Waugh of Red Hat.
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Red Hat Security Advisory 2013-0133-01 - Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing provides drivers for Hewlett-Packard printers and multifunction peripherals. It was found that the HP CUPS 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.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201203-17 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in HPLIP, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 3.11.10 are affected.
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