DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2940

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2940

    Published: 14 Aug 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-2940

    Summary:

    Details: 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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2940

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hplip

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/hplip?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.8.6-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High