{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2940 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2008-2940 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Aug 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2940 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-2940 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Aug 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2940 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2940/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2940/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-2940","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2940/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-2940","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2940","GHSA-5gwr-h45h-hxgj"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux printing software","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can exploit HPLIP alert-mailing flaws to gain root privileges and send emails, requiring a software upgrade.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"linux_imaging_and_printing_project","vendor":"hp"}],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-2940","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2008"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":14,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-2941"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-2939"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2008-08-14","related":[{"cvss_score":7.6,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2007-5208","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2007-10-13"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-4267","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2011-01-20"},{"cvss_score":6.9,"headline":"Race condition in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-4325","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-09-23"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-6427","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-12-09"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-2697","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2011-07-29"},{"cvss_score":4.9,"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-2941","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-08-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can exploit HPLIP alert-mailing flaws to gain root privileges and send emails, requiring a software upgrade.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2940/"}