CVE - CVE-2008-2940

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2940	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1020684 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020684 MISC:30683 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30683 MISC:31470 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31470 MISC:31499 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31499 MISC:32316 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 MISC:32792 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32792 MISC:MDVSA-2008:169 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2008:0818 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html MISC:SUSE-SR:2008:021 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html MISC:USN-674-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-1 MISC:USN-674-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2 MISC:hplip-alertmailing-privilege-escalation(44441) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44441 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10136 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10136
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20080630	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080630)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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