# CVE-2013-6402: base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack o

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-01-05 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hp-pkservice.log temporary file.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2085-1
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852368
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6402
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00087.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725876
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2829
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00098.html

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