REDHAT-BUG-1227252

First published: Tue Jun 02 2015(Updated: )

It was reported that the hp-plugin utility, included in the hplip package, downloads a binary driver and verifies it via a key specified by the key's short ID: Downloading plug-in: [\ ] 0% Receiving digital keys: /bin/gpg --homedir /home/test/.hplip/.gnupg --no-permission-warning --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xA59047B9 A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to generate a key with the expected short ID and trick a user into downloading a malicious binary. Original report: <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/581">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/581</a>

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