CVE-2013-6427

Publication date 9 December 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by gaining control over the client-server data stream.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
hplip 13.10 saucy
Fixed 3.13.9-1ubuntu0.1
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal
Fixed 3.12.6-3ubuntu4.3
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

Precise and earlier don't have the upgrade.py file. In Quantal, Raring, Saucy and Trusty, upgrade.py actually bails out because the specific ubuntu version isn't marked as "supported" in distros.dat, so even if this script is run as root, it doesn't do anything, thankfully.

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2085-1
    • HPLIP vulnerabilities
    • 21 January 2014

Other references