CVE-2008-2940

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10136

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44441

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30683

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020684

http://secunia.com/advisories/32792

http://secunia.com/advisories/32316

http://secunia.com/advisories/31499

http://secunia.com/advisories/31470

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3