CVE-2012-6108

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-11-27
Bugzilla:
894283: CVE-2012-6108 hplip: default permissions for /var/log/hp are too open

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-6108 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of hplip and hplip3 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue does not affect the version of hplip as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 hplip Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 hplip3 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 hplip Not affected

External References

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