cvelist/2008/2xxx/CVE-2008-2940.json

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                "value": "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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                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html",
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