CVE-2009-0122

Publication date 15 January 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

hplip.postinst in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 2.7.7 and 2.8.2 on Ubuntu allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via unspecified manipulations in advance of an HPLIP installation or upgrade by an administrator, related to the product's attempt to correct the ownership of its configuration files within home directories.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
hplip 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.3
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

only affected gutsy

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-708-1
    • HPLIP vulnerability
    • 13 January 2009

Other references