CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2940
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
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.
Affected configurations
• hp linux imaging and printing project 1.6.7
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31470 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31499 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32792 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020684 securitytracker.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30683 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44441 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10136 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31470 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31499 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32792 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020684 securitytracker.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30683 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44441 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10136 oval.cisecurity.org