Please Install the Updated Packages.

It was discovered that HPLIP incorrectly handled temporary files when using the fax capabilities. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2011-2722) Tim Waugh discovered that HPLIP incorrectly handled temporary files when printing. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. In the default installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2013-0200)

hplip on Ubuntu 12.10 , Ubuntu 12.04 LTS , Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2013-September/002269.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25