Bug 1038434 – CVE-2013-6427 hplip: insecure auto update feature

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Bug 1038434 - (CVE-2013-6427) CVE-2013-6427 hplip: insecure auto update feature

Summary:	CVE-2013-6427 hplip: insecure auto update feature

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2013-6427

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2013-12-05 01:22 EST by Murray McAllister
Modified:	2015-01-04 17:38 EST (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2013-12-05 01:26:34 EST
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Description Murray McAllister 2013-12-05 01:22:09 EST

It was found that an upgrade script in hplip downloaded a file (via HTTP) and then executed it. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on a hplip client system.

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Fedora the hplip RPM spec file removes the affected file at build time, for example:

rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/hplip/upgrade.*
rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/hp-upgrade

As such, the affected functionality is not shipped in the binary RPMs.

The versions of hplip and hplip3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 also do not contain the affected functionality.

References:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853405
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/05/2

Comment 1 Murray McAllister 2013-12-05 01:25:11 EST

Statement:

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of hplip and hplip3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

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