CVE-2008-5718

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5718
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-26 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SourceForge.net: netatalk: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Netatalk Printing Request Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
oss-security - update on CVE-2008-5718 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
osvdb.org/50824 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: netatalk-2.0.3-23.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1705-1 netatalk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Fedora update for netatalk - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Netatalk papd "popen()" Command Injection Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for netatalk - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: netatalk-2.0.3-21.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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