Upstream information
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.2 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SR:2008:021, published Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | hplip | Analysis |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | hplip | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | hplip | Analysis |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:04:59 2013CVE page last modified: Thu Aug 20 20:30:51 2026