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CVE-2013-6427

hplip: insecure auto update feature

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · December 3, 2013

Updated · January 8, 2026

Description

upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by gaining control over the client-server data stream.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of hplip and hplip3 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE not specified