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Title : Mandriva Security Update Fixes hplip Privilege Escalation and DoS
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2370
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2940 - CVE-2008-2941
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-14

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Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Mandriva, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service or gain elevated privileges. These issues are caused by errors in hplip. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2360

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2008-08-14 : Initial release

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