CVE-2008-2940

Publication date 14 August 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
hplip	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.8.2-0ubuntu8.1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.1
	7.04 feisty	Ignored
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 0.9.7-4ubuntu1.1

Notes

mdeslaur

code was removed in upstream 2.8.5

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
hplip	Vendor: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169 Vendor: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-674-1
HPLIP vulnerabilities
19 November 2008

USN-674-2
HPLIP vulnerabilities
24 November 2008

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2940