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Source: hplip
Version: 3.22.10+dfsg0-8.1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>
Hi,
The following vulnerability was published for hplip.
CVE-2025-43023[0]:
| A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP
| Linux Imaging and Printing Software documentation. This potential
| vulnerability is due to the use of a weak code signing key, Digital
| Signature Algorithm (DSA).
There is not much information at this time, the upstream advisory [1]
might indicate it is fixed in 3.25.2.
If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
For further information see:
[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-43023
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-43023
[1] https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_12804224-12804228-16/hpsbpi04033
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
Regards,
Salvatore
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Hi Adrian,
On Wed, Aug 06, 2025 at 01:58:38PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 09:43:36PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > Source: hplip
> > Version: 3.22.10+dfsg0-8.1
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: security upstream
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The following vulnerability was published for hplip.
> >
> > CVE-2025-43023[0]:
> > | A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP
> > | Linux Imaging and Printing Software documentation. This potential
> > | vulnerability is due to the use of a weak code signing key, Digital
> > | Signature Algorithm (DSA).
> >
> > There is not much information at this time, the upstream advisory [1]
> > might indicate it is fixed in 3.25.2.
> >...
>
> This might not even be a vulnerabilty in the software.
>
>
> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/hplipDigitalCertificate.html
>
> HPLIP Version: 3.25.2 and above
>
> HPLIP has implemented a process so you (the user) can optionally verify
> that the package you are downloading is, indeed, provided by the HP
> Linux Imaging and Printing project and has valid contents. The process
> to verify the package is simple and takes only a few moments. The steps
> are provided in detail below.
> ...
> gpg --import hplip-publickey.asc
> ...
> gpg --verify hplip-version.run.asc hplip-<version>.run
>
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.24.4/
>
> $ gpg --verify hplip-3.24.4.run.asc
> gpg: assuming signed data in 'hplip-3.24.4.run'
> gpg: Signature made Wed 22 May 2024 07:42:57 EEST
> gpg: using DSA key 4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9
> gpg: Good signature from "HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) <hplip@hp.com>" [unknown]
>
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.25.2/
>
> $ gpg --verify hplip-3.25.2.run.asc
> gpg: assuming signed data in 'hplip-3.25.2.run'
> gpg: Signature made Thu 10 Jul 2025 13:12:30 EEST
> gpg: using RSA key 5E4E4D24A34ECD57
> gpg: Good signature from "HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing) <hplip@hp.com>" [unknown]
Agreed, let's close the bug. I just have updated the tracker to
clarify that the CVE is assigned for the use of the DSA key for
signing the upstream installer.
Regards,
Salvatore
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