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hplip.postinst in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 2.7.7 and 2.8.2 on Ubuntu allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via unspecified manipulations in advance of an HPLIP installation or upgrade by an administrator, related to the product's attempt to correct the ownership of its configuration files within home directories

Published Jan 15, 2009

Description

hplip.postinst in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 2.7.7 and 2.8.2 on Ubuntu allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via unspecified manipulations in advance of an HPLIP installation or upgrade by an administrator, related to the product's attempt to correct the ownership of its configuration files within home directories.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of hplip as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (7)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 15, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 15, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0122
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2009-0122
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2009-0122