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CVE-2008-2940
Published: Aug 14, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
hplip-alertmailing-privilege-escalation(44441)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
30683
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10136
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
31470
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
MDVSA-2008:169
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
SUSE-SR:2008:021
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-674-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-674-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
1020684
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
32792
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
31499
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235
x_refsource_CONFIRM
32316
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2008:0818
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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