USN-7202-1: HPLIP vulnerability
13 January 2025
HPLIP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- hplip - HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
Details
Kevin Backhouse discovered that HPLIP incorrectly handled certain MDNS
responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HPLIP to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.