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Debian: DSA-2152-1 Moderate: hplip Buffer Overflow Risk Overview

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2011
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Enhance hplip packages to mitigate a buffer overflow weakness impacting Debian systems.
Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the SNMP discovery code of the HP Linux Printing and Imaging System, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code

Summary

Sebastian Krahmer discovered a buffer overflow in the SNMP discovery code
of the HP Linux Printing and Imaging System, which could result in the
execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.8.6.b-4+lenny1.

For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.10.6-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.10.6-2.

For the experimental distribution, this problem has been fixed in
version 3.11.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your hplip packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: hplip
CVE ID: CVE-2010-4267

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