CVE-2008-5718

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5718
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-26 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2009-04-02 04:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.4.99-0.20000927 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.4.99-0.20001108 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5 rc1 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5 rc2 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.0 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.1.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.2 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.3.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.5 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre3 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre4 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre5 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre6 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre7 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre8 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.0 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.2 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.3 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.4 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.4a All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 alpha1 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 alpha2 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 beta1 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 beta2 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.0 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.2 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.4.99-0.20000927 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.4.99-0.20001108 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5 rc1 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5 rc2 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.0 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.1.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.2 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.3.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5.5 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre3 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre4 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre5 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre6 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre7 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.5pre8 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.0 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.2 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.3 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.4 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 1.6.4a All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 alpha1 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 alpha2 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 beta1 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 beta2 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.0 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.1 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.2 All All All
Application Netatalk Netatalk All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1705-1 netatalk DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: netatalk-2.0.3-21.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
SourceForge.net: netatalk: Files CONFIRM sourceforge.net
oss-security - update on CVE-2008-5718 MLIST www.openwall.com
Fedora update for netatalk - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Netatalk Printing Request Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Debian update for netatalk - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
50824 OSVDB osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: netatalk-2.0.3-23.fc10 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Netatalk papd "popen()" Command Injection Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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