Debian/hplip: unknown

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 setalert

Action: Upgrade hplip to 2.8.6-1 or later.

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2940#Debian:14/hplip
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2940

published 2008-08-14T20:41:00Z · modified 2026-10-23T17:47:45.122737599Z · JSON