Patch on way 'this week' for HP printer vulns

  • 21 November 2017
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21st November 2017 By Richard Chirgwin
 
Sysadmins have been advised to watch for a coming HP printer firmware update that will plug a remote code execution vulnerability (among others) in its MFP-586 and the M553 printers.
 
News of the threat emerged from a Foxglove Security deep-dive into printer security that saw the researchers warn HP of problems in August. The post, by Foxglove's Steeve Breen, said “HP notified us that a fix has been developed and is being released this week.”
 
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I have a HP printer...............will keep a eye out for this patch...................

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