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CVE-2009-0122

Published: 15 January 2009

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur 
only affected gutsy

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
hplip
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		dapper Not vulnerable
(code not present)
gutsy
Released (2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.3)
hardy Not vulnerable
(code was removed)
intrepid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Not vulnerable
(ubuntu package only)

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