USN-7202-1: HPLIP vulnerability

13 January 2025

HPLIP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

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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.

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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.

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