{"action":"Upgrade hplip to 2.8.6-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.8.6-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"hplip","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.8.6-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5N9222ZXJHV8CQ73WXZP7MM","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:47:45.122737599Z","published_at":"2008-08-14T20:41:00Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2940","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2940"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2940#Debian:14/hplip","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2940"}],"summary":"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"}