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CVE-2007-5208

Publication date 13 October 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
hplip 7.10 gutsy
Fixed 2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5
7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.7.3-0ubuntu1.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.6.9-0ubuntu2.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

kees

ran as a non-root user prior to Gutsy.

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-530-1
    • hplip vulnerability
    • 12 October 2007

Other references