Buffer overflow in hplip - CVE-2020-6923

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Buffer overflow in hplip - CVE-2020-6923

Published: January 3, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU102296
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6923
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker on the local network can trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

hplip
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
hplip (Ubuntu package)
hplip-debuginfo
hplip
hplip-debugsource
hplip-sane-debuginfo
hplip-devel
hplip-sane
hplip-hpijs
hplip-udev-rules
hplip-hpijs-debuginfo
hplip-scan-utils-debuginfo
hplip-scan-utils

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6923

Install updates from vendor's website.

hplip - update to 3.20.9
hplip (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.20.3+dfsg0-2ubuntu0.1
hplip-debuginfo - update to 3.23.8-2
hplip - update to 3.23.8-2
hplip-debugsource - update to 3.23.8-2
hplip-sane-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-devel - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-sane - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-hpijs - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-udev-rules - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-hpijs-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip - addressed in versions 3.24.4-3.5.1, 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-scan-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1
hplip-scan-utils - addressed in versions 3.24.4-150400.3.17.1, 3.24.4-150600.4.6.1

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