Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for hplib. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for hplib
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27224
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27224/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation
WHERE:
Local system
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for hplib. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to
compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA27202
Note: Reportedly, the targeted hpssd policy for SELinux (enabled by
default) prohibits arbitrary command injection.
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0960.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27202
http://secunia.com/advisories/27202/
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