hplip: file overwrites
| Package(s): | hplip | CVE #(s): | CVE-2013-6402 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | January 21, 2014 | Updated: | January 28, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Ubuntu advisory:
It was discovered that the HPLIP Polkit daemon incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and higher, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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