Netatalk Printing Request Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability

BID:32925

Info

Netatalk Printing Request Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 32925
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-5718
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 18 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 10:19PM
Credit: Netatalk
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.3
Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.4
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.4-beta2

Discussion

Netatalk Printing Request Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability

Netatalk is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers inject arbitrary commands. The issue occurs because the software fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands in the context of the user running the application.

Versions prior to Netatalk 2.0.4-beta2 are vulnerable

Exploit / POC

Netatalk Printing Request Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit the issue using readily available tools.

Solution / Fix

Netatalk Printing Request Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Debian Linux 4.0 amd64

Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32

Debian Linux 4.0 arm

Debian Linux 4.0 hppa

Debian Linux 4.0 sparc

Debian Linux 4.0 s/390

Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc

Debian Linux 4.0 alpha

Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel

Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64

Debian Linux 4.0 mips

Netatalk Netatalk 2.0.4

References

Netatalk Printing Request Arbitrary Command Injection Vulnerability

References:

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