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CVE-2007-5208

Published: 13 October 2007

hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from address, which is not properly handled when invoking sendmail.

Notes

AuthorNote
kees 
ran as a non-root user prior to Gutsy.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
hplip
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		dapper Not vulnerable

edgy
Released (1.6.9-0ubuntu2.1)
feisty
Released (1.7.3-0ubuntu1.1)
gutsy
Released (2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5)
upstream
Released (2.7.10)

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