| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 499842 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hplip (PTS) | buster | 3.18.12+dfsg0-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.21.2+dfsg1-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.22.10+dfsg0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.22.10+dfsg0-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hplip | source | (unstable) | 2.8.6-1 | low | | 499842 |
Notes
[etch] - hplip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Does not affect current version in lenny, marking as fixed in current upstream release