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TITLE:
Fedora update for hplip

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27232

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27232/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 7
http://secunia.com/product/15552/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for hplib. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA27202

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

2c6dafcf59ea6ad25e4b0f21824e272e15eac490
hplip-gui-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc64.rpm
c63a95a36a63c5e67d2e3ae582d6d3390244ab57
hplip-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc64.rpm
918acf9691c65c7fb3338719b3ea18b9ec772aef
hpijs-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc64.rpm
6cbb7cfb4a75f71cdaf8d8ffb286b405e02eecbe
hplip-debuginfo-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc64.rpm
c1aa00429151f0abd474c7fc769522c973012c5b
libsane-hpaio-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc64.rpm
6e5d32d1e1166567063137c0a1c0d480cc95b8a0 hplip-1.7.4a-6.fc7.i386.rpm
be5b515d659ca4f2b5f88797afd0676368475d1f
hplip-debuginfo-1.7.4a-6.fc7.i386.rpm
924ba1bbe5bbf05e336dbb51062ee277b6c9ead4
libsane-hpaio-1.7.4a-6.fc7.i386.rpm
0c651369df8ab3007999a8b909f3ec447e5718a6 hpijs-1.7.4a-6.fc7.i386.rpm
48551d094070e7efd09fc2bb5d95a0166828187c
hplip-gui-1.7.4a-6.fc7.i386.rpm
438742d2769d09d660a06244cdbbc072afbcc22f
hplip-gui-1.7.4a-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
d6fad1250fa848d942d515eb83ca2eba338e1eb2
hplip-1.7.4a-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
2523f339146023931ca41814ed0fbce16af38ef8
libsane-hpaio-1.7.4a-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
f96a70070bfc770d82dfccbd9a846ad297972de7
hpijs-1.7.4a-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
19e9c272ad2755db6a52edc468f2faefa840824d
hplip-debuginfo-1.7.4a-6.fc7.x86_64.rpm
d3dc4e6e0ebe963da2e7976e8d081be0197bec1d hpijs-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc.rpm
19616ca728fb8c046f94d07c9bff4a02ddb84014
hplip-debuginfo-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc.rpm
69951042bee9eaf0f47780386ed4deefc4108030
libsane-hpaio-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc.rpm
435b50f8d634bd624d3c8a6b3abb99d5249ec8ee
hplip-gui-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc.rpm
cb3a3e72f73822cb0d6f107ce22a6bad4daf1bb1 hplip-1.7.4a-6.fc7.ppc.rpm
28dbfa04f0b01e31420d9dd075b5ab5b80ed724b hplip-1.7.4a-6.fc7.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00200.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27202:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27202/

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