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CVE-2008-2941

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-11-29	hplip -- hpssd Denial of Service

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CVE-2008-2941 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-2941
Phase	Assigned(20080630)

Description

The hpssd message parser in hpssd.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (process stop) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by sending "msg=0" to TCP port 2207.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457052
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2008:169
REDHAT	RHSA-2008:0818
SUSE	SUSE-SR:2008:021
UBUNTU	USN-674-1
UBUNTU	USN-674-2
BID	30683
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10636
SECTRACK	1020683
SECUNIA	31470
SECUNIA	31499
SECUNIA	32316
SECUNIA	32792
XF	hplip-hpssd-dos(44440)