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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1462-1 New hplip packages fix privilege escalation
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-530-1 hplip vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:24:41.991Z

Reserved: 2007-10-04T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5208

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-10-13T00:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5208

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-10-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-5208 - Bugzilla

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