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CVE-2012-6108

Publication date 15 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) before 3.13.2 uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/hp and /var/log/hp/tmp, which allows local users to delete log files via standard filesystem operations.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
hplip 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected

Notes

jdstrand

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - 11.10 does not ship /var/log/hp 12.04 LTS - 13.04 not affected (0755 root:root) Debian's hplip 3.12.6-3 not-affected