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Status published
Critical
CVE-2008-5718
The papd daemon in Netatalk before 2.0.4-beta2, when using certain...
Vulnerability Description
The papd daemon in Netatalk before 2.0.4-beta2, when using certain variables in a pipe command for the print file, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a print request, as demonstrated using a crafted Title.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=648189
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1705
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34484
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00962.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00966.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33548
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33227
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/50824
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32925
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/13/3
Affected Vendor
netatalk
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netatalk
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.4.99-0.20000927, 1.4.99-0.20001108, 1.5, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.1.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3.1, 1.5.5, 1.5pre3, 1.5pre4, 1.5pre5, 1.5pre6, 1.5pre7, 1.5pre8, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.4a, 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 26th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.