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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2940
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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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44441

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

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

ST
  1020684

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA31470
  Secunia Advisory: SA31499
  Secunia Advisory: SA32316
  Secunia Advisory: SA32792

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

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

CONFIRM

BID
  30683


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